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Olive oil in pharmacological and cosmetic traditions
Author(s) -
Gorini Ilaria,
Iorio Silvia,
Ciliberti Rosagemma,
Licata Marta,
Armocida Giuseppe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cosmetic dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.626
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1473-2165
pISSN - 1473-2130
DOI - 10.1111/jocd.12838
Subject(s) - olive oil , cosmetics , dermatology , medicine , aesthetics , art , food science , chemistry , pathology
Summary Among the numerous natural substances used in medical remedies, oil certainly plays an important role and, over the centuries, there have been many functions and properties attributed to it. We present the processes that have seen it as protagonist in the pharmacological field and in the cosmetic field.