What is the application prospect of plant extracts in cosmetic processing technology?

With the development of green plant materials, many industries such as food, health products, medicine, cosmetic products, etc. can not reject the "capital appreciation" butterfly effect of plant raw materials, and relevant industries should not miss any clues of plant raw materials. The basic functions and other elements such as pure natural, green and health reflected in plant materials are exactly what consumers expect, so its hot trend is also logical.

The market share in the field of plant extracts in China is also showing an increasing trend. According to the global market share of plant extracts in recent years and its market share ratio in China, the market share of plant extracts in China will reach 34.2 billion yuan in 2021, and it is estimated that the market share in the field of plant extracts in China will reach 44 billion yuan in 2022.

Often seen in many skin care products in the plant extract of these words, then plant extract in the end is what role? What is the application prospect in the cosmetics processing technology, the following is analyzed with Xiaobian?

First of all, what is a plant extract?

Plant extract is a new product that takes plants as raw materials, according to the use of the extracted final product, according to the operation process of physical and chemical extraction and separation, and directs to obtain one or more related components in plants without changing the structure of its related components.

Of course, it can mainly have the following functions, that is, it can have the role of hydrating and moisturizing, because the plant provides some oil and sugar, it can reduce the moisture volatilization of the skin, and then achieve a hydrating effect. The other is to resist oxidation and eliminate the production of free radicals in the skin.

We all know why the skin will grow old, that is, because the skin is often in contact with the air, easy oxidation, and many free radicals on the skin are produced, which promotes the rapid aging of the skin, then precisely because it has this effect, this process is widely used in cosmetic products and skin care products, with the effect of reducing skin aging.

In general, the main components of plant extracts with moisturizing function are polysaccharides, saponins, flavonoids and polyphenols. The structure of these components is characterized by polyhydroxyl or polyphenolic hydroxyl groups, and the key is to form a moisturizing function according to the hydrogen bond of hydroxyl or phenolic hydroxyl groups to fuse water and retain water. The more hydroxyl groups in water soluble polysaccharides and saponins in plant extracts, the stronger their ability to bind water is generally. In addition to their moisturizing effects, these components in plant extracts often have antioxidant and inflammatory properties.

Although there are many advantages of plant extracts as moisturizing ingredients, there are also many problems exposed:

One is to add vegetable oil, the content of moisturizing ingredients in plant extracts is usually not very high, so these moisturizing ingredients must be refined to enhance its moisturizing effect; Second, the absorption effect of plant extracts is different, especially the macromolecular polysaccharides, and its polysaccharide based saponins and polyphenol polymers, so it is necessary to use different methods or dosage forms to completely solve the problems of skin permeability and bioavailability. The application of plant extracts in moisturizing products still needs continuous research and continuous improvement.

Advantages of plant extracts applied in the process of cosmetic products:

1, the process belongs to the policy support field, in line with the future industrial development planning trend

As a new product after finishing and deep processing of natural plants, the field of plant extraction can effectively enhance the value of natural plants, and its industry application is also conducive to promoting the improvement and improvement of people's living standards.

2, the new product industry is widely used, and the market demand development space is relatively large

Due to the improvement of the technical level and the improvement of process technology, new varieties of extracts have sprung up, we all know that the advantages of extracts are many, and the market demand for plant extracts will gradually increase. At the same time, plant extracts have pure natural attributes, to meet the current buyers return to nature consumption concept, green products at home and abroad have great space for development and broad industry prospects.