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Cosmeceuticals and Active Cosmetics: Drugs vs. Cosmetics, Second Edition (Cosmetic Science and Technology) [Hardcover]

Peter Elsner (Editor), Howard I. Maibach (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0824759435 | ISBN-13: 978-0824759438 | Publication Date: March 1, 2005 | Edition: 2

Completely revised and expanded, this second edition thoroughly examines the wide array of new and emerging cosmeceutical compounds from antiaging, skin care and repair, moisturizing, and protective compounds to agents with antimicrobial and antiirritant properties. In 38 authoritative chapters, this reference describes process engineering strategies to utilize active ingredients in cosmetics, alternative drugs in dermatology, cosmeceuticals for photoaging and UV care, the use of growth factors in cosmecuticals, substances for the management of unwanted facial hair, and the most recent issues in consumer safety.

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Hardcover: 696 pages
Publisher: Informa Healthcare; 2 edition (March 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0824759435
ISBN-13: 978-0824759438
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.5 inches
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I introduced the term "cosmeceuticals" almost 20 years ago at a meeting of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Read the first page

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Invest Dermatol, Arch Dermatol, New York, Soc Cosmet Chem, Biol Chem, Facial Benefits Study, Boca Raton, Photochem Photobiol, Cell Biol, Acta Derm Venereol, Dermatol Surg, Cosmet Sci, San Francisco, Exp Dermatol, United States, Human Erythema, Lipid Res, Proc Natl Acad Sci, Skin Pharmacol, Cancer Res, Clin Invest, Drug Review, Nutr Cancer, Biochem Biophys Res Commun, Dal Farra

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Dry Skin and Moisturizers: Chemistry and Function by Marie Loden on 7 pages
Contact Urticaria Syndrome (Dermatology: Clinical & Basic Science) by Smita Amin on 6 pages
The Biological Role of Reactive Oxygen Species in Skin by O. Hayashi on page 79, page 87, and page 346
Irritant Dermatitis by Ai-Lean Chew on page 304, page 567, and page 568
Contact Dermatitis by Peter J. Frosch on page 304, page 305, and page 597

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