Abstract: The invention relates to the cosmetic use of a Hippophae rhamnoides cake hydrolysate for increasing the growth of skin appendages and/or reducing loss thereof; increasing their biomechanical properties and/or their surface and/or textural properties; and/or repairing damaged skin appendages. The invention also relates to a cosmetic care method comprising the topical application of the cake hydrolysate or a cosmetic composition containing same. The invention also relates to an H. rhamnoides cake hydrolysate or a dermatological or pharmaceutical composition comprising same for dermatological or pharmaceutical use in the treatment of alopecia and/or baldness.

Abstract: The invention relates to the cosmetic use of a Nephelium lappaceum plant extract to reduce the harmful effects of pollution on the skin and/or skin appendages, advantageously the hair, by maintaining and/or increasing the cell viability and/or the ATP synthesis and/or the mitochondrial activity and/or by decreasing the cell senescence and/or the cell damage. The N. lappaceum extract increases the radiance of the complexion of the skin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of a Bixa orellana extract for preventing and/or reducing sebum secretion and/or for preventing and/or reducing the unaesthetic and/or unpleasant and/or uncomfortable manifestations of sebum secretion. It also relates to a cosmetic care method, characterized in that it comprises the topical application to at least one area of skin, advantageously of the scalp, of a Bixa orellana extract for preventing and/or reducing sebum secretion and/or for preventing and/or reducing the unaesthetic and/or unpleasant and/or uncomfortable manifestations of sebum secretion. Finally, it relates to a Bixa orellana extract for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a pathological condition associated with sebum hyperproduction chosen from pathological hyperseborrhoea and seborrhoeic eczema and/or any combination thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of coconut water as extraction solvent, to extraction methods using coconut water and extracts obtained by extraction with coconut water.

Abstract: The invention relates to the cosmetic use of a Nephelium lappaceum plant extract to reduce the harmful effects of pollution on the skin and/or skin appendages, advantageously the hair, by maintaining and/or increasing the cell viability and/or the ATP synthesis and/or the mitochondrial activity and/or by decreasing the cell senescence and/or the cell damage. The N. lappaceum extract increases the radiance of the complexion of the skin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of coconut water as extraction solvent, to extraction methods using coconut water and extracts obtained by extraction with coconut water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of a Khaya senegalensis extract, obtained by aqueous extraction, for maintaining and/or increasing the expression of collagen XVIII in the skin and/or the mucosae and/or the scalp and/or the skin appendages, for maintaining and/or increasing the firmness and/or the elasticity of the skin and/or the mucosae and/or the scalp and/or for reducing the visibility of the skin's pores and/or making the skin smoother and/or for limiting and/or reducing perspiration and/or limiting and/or reducing loss of head hair and/or body hair and/or increasing the growth of head hair and/or body hair and/or reducing or limiting sebum production.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cosmetic compositions comprising Manilkara multinervis, or an extract of Manilkara multinervis, and methods of using such compositions for skin and/or hair care, including skin and/or hair protection, and/or skin and/or hair regeneration.

Abstract: An active composition for treating skin having a protein-containing extract from a Vigna aconitifolia plant.

Abstract: A cosmetic or dermopharmaceutical composition including an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Buchholzia and at least one auxiliary and/or additive is provided. A method for the cosmetic treatment of the skin or scalp and a method for the treatment of skin inflammation includes administering to a patient in need thereof a composition including an effective amount of a plant extract from a plant belonging to the genus Buchholzia.

Abstract: A cosmetic or dermopharmaceutical composition including an extract of a plant belonging to the genus Buchholzia and at least one auxiliary and/or additive is provided. A method for the cosmetic treatment of the skin or scalp and a method for the treatment of skin inflammation includes administering to a patient in need thereof a composition including an effective amount of a plant extract from a plant belonging to the genus Buchholzia.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to cosmetic compositions comprising Manilkara multinervis, or an extract of Manilkara multinervis, and methods of using such compositions for skin and/or hair care, including skin and/or hair protection, and/or skin and/or hair regeneration.

Abstract: A cosmetic and/or dermopharmaceutical composition containing an extract of native proteins derived from the plant Argania spinosa.

Abstract: An active composition for treating skin having a protein-containing extract from a Vigna aconitifolia plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cosmetic compositions comprising sclareolide and hesperidin methyl chalcone (HMC), which can be used especially for the tanning of skin and/or the darkening of hair and/or preventing of greying of hair. The present invention also relates to the use of agents for these purposes.

Abstract: A composition including (a) an extract from a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family; and (b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive, and methods for treating hair growth including administering to a mammal a composition comprising an effective amount of an extract from a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing and/or soothing dry or sensitive skin against external stresses, comprising contacting the skin with a composition including an agent that decreases the release of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GMCSF) from keratinocytes in the skin, wherein under conditions of external stress, dry or sensitive skin is soothed and/or prevented. Agents that decrease the release of GMCSF include silybin, piperine, tetrahydropiperine, nortrachelogenine, rhapontin, arctiin, artigenin and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed is a method of identifying an agent that decreases the level of GMCSF released from keratinocytes.

Abstract: Methods of soothing, treating and/or relieving the skin, the scalp, and/or the hair as a result of UV radiation and other oxidative and/or other environmental irritations, pollutions, stresses and damage, itching and/or flaking, including dandruff, or dry skin, inflammation, including rosacea, and/or against wrinkling and other signs of aging, with storage-stable cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations, with trypsin-inhibiting activity, comprising defatted extracts of seeds and/or extracts of defatted seeds, in each case, particularly hulled seeds, of plants of the genus Adenanthera, particularly of Adenanthera pavonina.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae for use as a medicament. One embodiment of the present invention is an extract of the plant Gymnema sylvestre for use as a medicament. Said medicaments are inter alia useful for the treatment of mammalian skin (preferably human skin) that suffers from hair growth disorders. Furthermore the present invention is concerned with the use of an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae (especially Gymnema sylvestre) for the cosmetic treatment of human skin, whereby this treatment comprises the inhibition, suppression or retardation of hair growth.

Abstract: The invention relates to a preparation containing an extract of a plant of the family Euphorbiaceae genus Plukenetia and cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations containing the extract. The extract contains proteins which when applied to the skin can provide an anti-inflammatory effect, a skin tightening effect, an antiaging effect and a substantivity effect. The preparations can also contain an oil of the plant. The preferred plant is Plukenetia volubilis. The extract, protein or mixture of proteins in the extract can be modified by hydrolysing, grafting or crosslinking.