PROCESS FOR PREPARING A PLANT EXTRACT OF PASSIFLORA ALATA AND USE OF SAID EXTRACT IN COSMETIC AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of plant extracts of Passiflora alata as an anti-inflammatory agent in cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention further relates to a process for obtaining a plant extract of Passiflora alata comprising the steps of submitting the leaves of the Passiflora alata plants to an extraction with water to obtain an aqueous extract and submitting the aqueous extract thus obtained to at least one elution with an aqueous solution of ethanol in a specific column and later drying of said extract by spray-drying.