Topical skin care compositions comprising myrsine africana extracts
OwnerNamrita LALLinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to methods for preparing plant extracts having elastase inhibitory activity from a Myrsine africana plant and topical skin care compositions comprising such plant extracts. The invention further relates to plant extracts and compositions for use in cosmetic methods of inhibiting elastase activity in skin. The invention is also directed to the use of plant extracts from the plant Myrsine africana in methods of prevention or treatment of skin aging in a subject and methods of using the plant extracts from Myrsine africana.
Claims27
A method for preparing a plant extract having elastase inhibitory activity, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) drying leaves and twigs of Myrsine africana;
- (ii) grinding the dried leaves and twigs;
- (iii) mixing the ground leaves and twigs with an organic solvent to form a solution;
- (iv) filtering the solution in order to produce a filtrate;
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- (v) removing the organic solvent from the filtrate in order to produce the plant extract having elastase inhibitory activity.
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