Jeanine B Downie
Overlook and Mountainside Hospitals, USA
Title: Marine based ingredients for natural cosmeceuticals
Biography
Biography: Jeanine B Downie
Abstract
Marine compounds are currently used in antibiotics derived from fungi. These include compounds from a sponge that have been found to be useful in treating cancer. One specific neurotoxin from a sea snail has been determined to be as strong and effective as morphine. They are ubiquitous as unicellular organisms make up more than 95% of the living organisms in the ocean. These microorganisms grow where no other life forms can, very deep in the ocean. Logically, if they can survive in the ocean depths, they may be helpful in protecting our skin from environmental stressors. Ocean organisms can be sun burned and it appears that they have adapted and developed compounds/mechanisms that help repair damage from the environment. Preserving algae is the best way to keep the potency of the seaweed. This is done by cold extraction or freeze-drying. We will discuss promising marine compounds for cosmeceutical use and the new hyaluronic acid moisturizer, HA 5 which has marine micro-organism polysaccharide peptide complex in it.
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