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Argan oil and other argan products: Use in dermocosmetology
Author(s) -
Guillaume Dominique,
Charrouf Zoubida
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/ejlt.201000417
Subject(s) - ingredient , cosmetic industry , edible oil , food science , olive oil , chemistry , traditional medicine , cosmetics , medicine , organic chemistry
Argan oil is of food or cosmetic (INCI name: Argania spinosa kernel oil) grade. During the past 15 years cosmetic argan oil, as beauty oil or cosmetic ingredient, has become one of the major actors in the dermocosmetic field. Beauty argan oil is produced by cold‐pressing argan‐fruit kernels. As a cosmetic ingredient, argan oil is produced by solvent‐assisted extraction of the finely crushed kernels. Enriched‐argan oil which is produced by distillation of cosmetic argan oil can be supplemented with antioxidants. Hence, it presents an even better cosmetic potential. Argan fruit pulp and argan leaves also contain proteins, peptides, saponins and other chemicals presenting highly interesting dermocosmetics. Therefore, the argan tree ( A. spinosa ) is sometimes nicknamed A. cosmetosa . We comprehensively review the current knowledge (literature and patent) related to argan oil and argan tree products in the dermocosmetic domain.