Plant-derived Peptides and Biotechnology

Vytrus leverages more than a decade of expertise in plant regeneration processes to maximize the potential of totipotent plant cell cultures. Within this context, small signaling peptides, known as plant oligopeptides, have been identified for their remarkable wound healing properties and growth factor-like effects.

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How to in vivo Objectivate Slimming Claims?

The cellulite, particularly visible on the thighs and buttocks, is believed to result when subcutaneous adipose tissue protrudes into the lower reticular dermis, thereby significantly modifying the dermo-epidermis junction and creating irregularities at the surface.

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Exploring new news to produce cosmetic pigments

It’s necessary for manufacturers to meet stricter regulatory requirements and to ensure the stability of the colorants and pigments they use. With Ronaflux® pigments, which are based on an entirely new technology, customers can meet these challenges while achieving unique effects that are not yet commercially available.

Theresa Callaghan

Educating the Consumer – Think Laterally

In this month’s column we take a look at the challenges faced with the growing need to effectively educate the...

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Summertime Daily Care

In recent years, Earth has been experiencing the repercussions of pollution, exemplified by the thinning of the ozone hole. This phenomenon gives rise to numerous inconveniences, foremost among them being the penetration of UV rays through the atmosphere.

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Fibrillated Cellulose – A Natural, Renewable and Biodegradable Solution to Microplastics

According to the European Chemical Agency (ECHA), over 42 kilotons of microplastics end up in the environment each year. Although the environmental harm inflicted by microplastics has been questioned in recent years, there is clear evidence that they accumulate in aquatic life and end up in food and drinking water.

Uli Osterwalder

TAKE HOME MESSAGES…….from

The Florida SCC Sunscreen Symposium is a traditional gathering of the sunscreen manufacturing and supplier industry. It is held biannually...

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Symrise expands strategic partnership with Kobo Products Inc.

Symrise AG has increased its holdings in the US company Kobo Products Inc. The transaction increases the Symrise stake in...

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Multifunctional antimicrobials in cosmetics: Preservation 2.0

Preservatives play a vital part in almost all cosmetic formulations. Their efficacy is needed in products with high water content as microorganisms present in our environment or on human skin can enter and multiply in products as a result of their production and use.