This innovative reference highlights the uses of delivery systems in cosmetics, analyzing
new approaches for obtaining sophisticated cosmetic products and examining the most common
methods for enhancing the skin's penetration properties. Covering a wide range of
established and burgeoning techniques
Novel Cosmetic Delivery Systems:
- describes the skin's effectiveness as a selective barrier to the penetration of
compounds
- charts the observation, evaluation, and instrumental analysis of the biological effects
of cosmetics on the skin
- discusses certain problems with product stability that hinder optimal performance
- reviews in vivo and in vitro methods for quantifying permeants within the skin
- summarizes the methods of preparing novel emulsions and vesicular carriers
- focuses on the properties and applications of PFC-based gels
- shows how cyclodextrins can be used in cosmetics
- profiles the formation and properties of particulate systems
- and more!
With over 1200 references, tables, equations, drawings, photographs, and micrographs,
Novel Cosmetic Delivery Systems will benefit cosmetic chemists, scientists, and
technologists; research and development personnel in cosmetics and fragrance industries;
pharmaceutical formulation, colloid, physical, and fragrance chemists; surfactant
scientists; fragrance technologists; skin physiologists, pharmacists and pharmacologists;
biochemists and biologists; dermatologists; toxicologists; and graduate students in these
disciplines.
Contents
- Skin and Cosmetic Vehicles
- Cosmeceutics and Delivery Systems
- The Skin and Its Permeability
- Enhancement of Skin Permeation
- Skin Hydration
Evaluation of Cosmetic Products
- Assessing the Bioactivity of Cosmetic Products and Ingredients
- Stability Testing of Cosmetic Products
- Quantitation of Penetrant Molecules Within the Skin
Emulsions and Surfactant Association Structures
- Multiple Emulsions
- Highly Concentrated Water-in-Oil Emulsions (Gel Emulsions)
- Fluorocarbon Gels
- Vapor Pressures of Fragrances After Application: Some Fundamental Factors
Vesicular and Molecular Systems
- Liposomes
- Liposomes and Follicular Penetration
- Cyclodextrins in Cosmetics
Particulate Systems
- Microcapsules in Cosmetics
- Applications of Polyvinyl Alcohol Microcapsules
- Delivery by Nylon Particles
Index
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