Biofunctional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443275009 ISBN 13: 9780443275005

Publisher: Academic Press, 2026

Synopsis

Bio-functional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability bridges the gap between cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals, providing the latest research for developing health-promoting cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics from various food sources and food waste. From medicinal plants, teas, cacao, coffee, fruits, vegetables, plant oils, nuts, and cereals to marine microorganisms, fungi, insects, crustaceans, and more, this book takes a close look into the safety, efficacy and sourcing of bioactives from these food sources and how they can be sustainably used as ingredients to create bio-functional cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics.

Readers will gain insight on the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics and will also be informed on the latest regulatory and safety issues and R&D trends for the application of bioactives in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products.

• Explains the science behind bioactive ingredients from sustainable food sources for formulation, manufacturing, and health promotion in cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, and nutricosmetics
• Explores health benefits from sustainable plant and animal source bioactives in cosmetic formulation
• Highlights the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-UV, and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics
• Examines the safety and benefits of using functional ingredients and bioactives from sustainable sources in cosmetics
• Outlines regulatory issues, safety issues, and R&D trends for the application of bioactive ingredients in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products

About this title

About the Authors

Dr Alexandros Tsoupras studied Chemistry-Biochemistry (BSc, MSc and PhD; Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), with scholarships, where he also worked as a Postgraduate-Postdoctoral Research-Teaching Associate, and then at the "Albany Medical College" (NY, USA). Alexandros was also a Lecturer in Greek Colleges, a Public Servant-Scientist, and then a Post-Doctoral Research-Teaching Associate at the University of Limerick (Department of Biological Sciences), Ireland, where he was promoted as an Assistant Professor, while since 2023 he is an Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace (Department of Chemistry, Kavala, Greece). He studies the implications of thrombo-inflammation and oxidative stress in chronic diseases, as well as the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of several natural bioactives and/or synthetic compounds, as ingredients for functional foods, cosmetics and/or drugs with health promoting effects, with participations in more than 80 scientific publications (2500 references, h-index=24, Scopus), in Scientific Conferences and patents-inventions

Dr. George Z. Kyzas is a Full Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh). He was born in Drama (Greece) and studied Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the same Department expertised in Chemical Technology. He is now working at the Department of Chemistry (DUTh, Kavala, Greece), being the Head of the Department (since 2019). He is also Director/Chair of the MSc in Cosmetic Chemistry (since 2021). His research interests include the synthesis and characterization of various (majorly adsorbent) materials (inorganic, aluminates, polymers, graphene, activated carbons, agro-food residues, nanomaterials, CNTs, etc.) for environmental applications (wastewater treatment). His scientific work has been published in more than 280 Papers in international journals with high impact factor (IF,ave 6.5), while he published 8 Books, 39 Chapters in scientific Books and holds 3 Patents.

His name is included in the list of World Top 2% Scientists for consecutive years 2019-2022, which is compiled by the Stanford University (USA) based on standardized citation indicators.

From the Back Cover

Researchers in the food sciences, pharmacology, and dermatology, as well as R&D professionals are looking for the latest advancements in health-promoting ingredients--from plants, animals, and their by-products to microorganisms--to address the growing cosmeceutical and nutricosmetic categories. Bio-functional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability bridges the gap between cosmetics, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals providing the latest research for developing health-promoting cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics from various food sources and food waste. From medicinal plants, teas, cacao, coffee, fruits, vegetables, plant oils, nuts, and cereals to marine microorganisms, fungi, insects, crustaceans, and more, Bio-functional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability takes a close look into the safety, efficacy and sourcing of bioactives from these food sources and how they can be sustainably used as ingredients to create bio-functional cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics. Readers will gain insight on the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics and will also be informed on the latest regulatory and safety issues and R&D trends for the application of bioactives in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443275009
• ISBN 13: 9780443275005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 696
• Editor: Tsoupras PhD Alexandros, Kyzas PhD George Z.