Shyam Gupta, PhD, Bioderm Research09.01.14
The popularity of being beautiful inside and out proves the old adage, “cosmeceuticals are for topicals and nutraceuticals are for ingestibles,” is a myth. The use of cosmeceutical ingredients in nutraceutical applications has become quite prevalent; the reverse, however, is in its nascent stage. That’s because topical delivery of natural cosmeceutical and nutraceutical ingredients presents challenges unique to the chemistry of specific ingredients and the mode of their desired biological function.
Nutritional supplements are consumed by direct ingestion. The ingestion method can pose certain issues relative to their unacceptable odor and taste, and degradation of beneficial active agents during the body’s digestive and absorptive processes. Topically delivered formulations circumvent some of these concerns due to their application near or at the site of the skin condition or affliction.
Beauty inside & out is quickly becoming a new trend in marketing strategies to provide consumer satisfaction overall. This article presents combinatorial inside and outside formulation technologies utilizing popular cosmeceutical and nutrace
Nutritional supplements are consumed by direct ingestion. The ingestion method can pose certain issues relative to their unacceptable odor and taste, and degradation of beneficial active agents during the body’s digestive and absorptive processes. Topically delivered formulations circumvent some of these concerns due to their application near or at the site of the skin condition or affliction.
Beauty inside & out is quickly becoming a new trend in marketing strategies to provide consumer satisfaction overall. This article presents combinatorial inside and outside formulation technologies utilizing popular cosmeceutical and nutrace
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