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Review
. 2017 Jul 12;3(4):FSO226.
doi: 10.4155/fsoa-2017-0026. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Plant stem cells in cosmetics: current trends and future directions

Sonia Trehan  1   1 , Bozena Michniak-Kohn  1   2   1   2 , Kavita Beri  1   1
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Review

Plant stem cells in cosmetics: current trends and future directions

Sonia Trehan et al. Future Sci OA. .

Abstract

Plant regeneration at the cellular and tissue level is a unique process. Similar to animals, the stem cells in plants have properties that help stimulate and regenerate plants after injury. The unique properties of plant stem cells have been a recent area of interest and focus both in developing new cosmetics and studying how these extracts/phytohormones will influence animal skin. This special report focuses on the current evidence-based trends in plant stem cell-based cosmetics and sheds light on the challenges that we need to overcome in order to see meaningful changes in human skin using topical cosmetics derived from plant stem cells.

Keywords: Ayurveda; aging skin; antiaging; cosmetics; epidermal stem cells; herbs; plant stem cells; regeneration.

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Financial & competing interests disclosure The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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