EFFECT OF CREAMS CONTAINING SOME VEGETABLE EXTRACTS ON SKIN MOISTURE

The objectives of this research were to investigate the compatibility of cream base with various kinds of fruit extracts and to examine the effect of the resulted creams on the skin’s moisture.
A concentrated cream base was mixed with aqueous extracts from tomato, carrot, orange, cucumber and guava at a ratio 3:2 of cream base to fruit extracts.
The skin’s moisture after application of creams was evaluated using Skin Analyzer.
The pH of all fruit extract creams was around 5 – 7. The viscosities of creams were in the range of 8 – 15 poises.
All creams significantly increased skin’s moisture from 26.6 to 95 – 99. The greasiness of surface skin increased from 0 to 60 – 70 after application and decreased to 5 – 10 after 5 min due to fast penetration of creams.
It could be concluded that tomato, orange, guava, cucumber and carrot creams prepared by mixing fruit extracts with concentrated cream base were effective in increasing the skin’s moisture and tended to be rapidly penetrate into the skin.

International Workshop on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

T. Phaechamud, S. Lawilas, K. Burapapadh, K. Kamprasert, K. Huanbutta, G. Chansiri

tomato, carrot, orange, cucumber, guava, concentrated cream

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.786.16