Cosmetics and Cosmeceutical Applications of Chitin, Chitosan and Their Derivatives

Inmaculada Aranaz; Niuris Acosta; Concepción Civera; Begoña Elorza; Javier Mingo; Carolina Castro; María De Los Llanos Gandía; Angeles Heras Caballero

doi:10.3390/polym10020213

Cosmetics and Cosmeceutical Applications of Chitin, Chitosan and Their Derivatives

Polymers (Basel). 2018 Feb 22;10(2):213. doi: 10.3390/polym10020213.

Authors

Inmaculada Aranaz^{1

2}, Niuris Acosta^{3

4}, Concepción Civera⁵, Begoña Elorza⁶, Javier Mingo^{7

8}, Carolina Castro^{5

9}, María De Los Llanos Gandía^{10

11}, Angeles Heras Caballero^{12

13}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. iaranaz@ucm.es.
² Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. iaranaz@ucm.es.
³ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. facosta@ucm.es.
⁴ Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. facosta@ucm.es.
⁵ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. caroca03@ucm.es.
⁶ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. belorza@ucm.es.
⁷ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. javier.mingo@ucm.es.
⁸ Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. javier.mingo@ucm.es.
⁹ Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. caroca03@ucm.es.
¹⁰ Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. mccivera@ucm.es.
¹¹ Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. mccivera@ucm.es.
¹² Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy Faculty, Complutense University, Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain. aheras@farm.ucm.es.
¹³ Bifunctional Studies Institute, Complutense University, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain. aheras@farm.ucm.es.

Abstract

Marine resources are well recognized for their biologically active substances with great potential applications in the cosmeceutical industry. Among the different compounds with a marine origin, chitin and its deacetylated derivative-chitosan-are of great interest to the cosmeceutical industry due to their unique biological and technological properties. In this review, we explore the different functional roles of chitosan as a skin care and hair care ingredient, as an oral hygiene agent and as a carrier for active compounds, among others. The importance of the physico-chemical properties of the polymer in its use in cosmetics are particularly highlighted. Moreover, we analyse the market perspectives of this polymer and the presence in the market of chitosan-based products.

Keywords: chitin; chitin derivative; chitosan; chitosan derivative; hear care; marine resources; oral care; over-the counter-drug; polymer carrier; skin care.

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