Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.), a species for cosmetics industry | L'argousier, une espece pour l'industrie cosmetique
2006
Quennoz, M. | Simonnet, X. | Vergeres, C. | Hausammann, H. (Mediplant, Centre des Fougeres, Conthey (Switzerland))
The pulp of sea buckthorn fruits is very rich in various antioxydant agents. Mediplant evaluated various lineages of sea buckthorn in order to select the origins best suited to cosmetic use. Considerable differences in the composition of the fruit pulp were noted between the alpine and oriental origins. The alpine origins, richer in antioxydant agents and poorer in fatty substance, were retained by the cosmetics industry. A followup of the berries maturity showed a maximal vitamin C content at the very beginning of fruit colouring. However the flavonoids and fruit acids contents remained stable during the whole maturation period.
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