Abstract
The skincare industry has lately changed consumers’ attitudes that seek more environmentally friendly ingredient to ensure a healthier lifestyle. The current formulated skincare products used synthetic chemical ingredients which might be harmful to human health and environment. Synthetic ingredients in skincare products can be harmful to consumers that causes skin irritations, dry, allergies, asthma, cancer and potentially interfere with the natural functioning of the endocrine system by imitating or inhibiting hormones. Nowadays, the interest starts to incline towards formulated skincare products using natural plant-based ingredients. The health benefits obtained from natural plant-based ingredients include antioxidative, anti-microbial, anti-aging, photoprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. This study reviewed the potential of essential oils (EOs) from Bambusa vulgaris, mostly abundant crop around the world as a potential alternative to synthetic ingredient in skincare products. EOs have strong odor and it composed of alcohol, aldehydes, esters, ether, ketones, phenols, terpenes, oxides, saturated and unsaturated mixture of hydrocarbon. EOs derived from B. vulgaris (BLEOs) extract possess diverse biological activities such as antioxidant, antimicrobial, antibacterial, and anti-aging effects that make it suitable to be used as an active ingredient in formulation of skincare products. The antioxidant properties are crucial in skincare products to prevent oxidation of the skincare ingredients, while the antimicrobial properties maintain the quality of the skincare. Hence, this paper highlights the effectiveness of BLEOs extract in the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity as a skincare product.
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