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Cupuaçu, like the cacao tree, belongs to the mallow family and the genus Theobroma and is common in the Amazon region. Its botanical name, Theobroma grandiflorum, refers to its large flowers, and these are not the only distinguishing feature.  Cupuaçu means fruit of the gods. The cream-colored, sour-aromatic pulp is…

Davana (Artemisia pallens) is a pretty little plant with delicate yellow flower heads and silvery-gray leaves that can grow about 60 centimeters tall. It belongs to the daisy family. Davana is also known as pale-leaved mugwort and is native mainly to the southern parts of India. The plant is botanically…

The Copaíba tree is a tree up to 20 meters high with thick branches, which grows in the Amazon region both in dry forests and in swamp areas. Known in the Amazon for centuries, the oil was first mentioned in Europe in 1625 by a Portuguese monk and was part…

Aging is a natural process, but it can be accelerated by internal and external influences. Such factors exacerbate structural and functional changes in skin and hair, altering their appearance faster than natural aging processes. Skin-like peptides, also called biomimetic peptides, can be used to mimic the activity of naturally occurring…

The more we know about skin and its aging, the better technologies we can develop to positively affect it. Retinol was first used in skin care in the 1970s; since then, it has been further developed in a wide variety of ways to be used specifically to reduce aging changes…

Poly-D-glucosamine is a naturally occurring polyaminosaccharide also called poliglusam, poly-D-glucosamine or chitosan. The term is derived from the Greek description for undergarment, covering or armor. Poly-D-glucosamine is derived from chitin, and the substance was first obtained in 1859 by Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget, a French physiologist and histologist, by boiling…

In the kitchen or in a restaurant, everyone has probably made the acquaintance of a chili pepper. The hot peppers often burn like fire and heat us up inside. Nevertheless, we love them because they can be used to spice up a wide variety of dishes. The alkaloid capsaicin is…

Chinese magnolia-vine (Chinese: Wu Wei Zi) is a plant species of the star anise family and originates from China. In the meantime, however, it can also be found in Korea and Japan. Chinese magnolia-vinewas (Schisandra chinensis) used as early as the late Han Dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.). The…

L-carnosine is a dipeptide, i.e., a chemical compound composed of two amino acids. In this case, it is the two amino acids L-histidine and beta-alanine. In humans, L-carnosine is found mainly in muscle and brain tissue, but also in the kidneys and liver. The Russian biochemist Vladimir Sergeyevich Gulevich (1867…

The demands of critical consumers for beauty and body care are increasing more and more. The trend is away from synthetic and chemical ingredients and towards ingredients of plant origin. One focus is the search for alternatives to microparticles or microplastics. Bio scrub, for example, describes a skin- and environment-friendly…