摘要 |
A method and product effecting, in the skin, hair, eyelashes or nails of a human, an effect which can be emollient, softening, insulating, repair, hydration, soothing, emulsifying, nutrient, regenerative, anti-free radical, local anti-inflammatory, protective, photoprotective against UVB and UVA, anti-pollutant, anti-toxic, anti-sensitizing or inhibition of enzymes. There is applied to the skin, hair, nails or eyelashes of a human in need thereof, an effective amount of at least one material removed from the leaves of a plant of the genus Adansonia belonging to the family of Bombacaceaes by steeping in a liquid solvent and then removing the liquid to leave a dry material, the amount being effective to produce that effect. The plant is preferably Adansonia digitata or baobab.
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