Abstract
Mushrooms have been valued as a traditional source of natural bioactive compounds for centuries and have recently been exploited for potential components in the cosmetics industry. Numerous mushrooms and their ingredients have been known to be beneficial to the skin and hair. The representative ingredients are as follows: phenolics, polyphenolics, terpenoids, selenium, polysaccharides, vitamins, and volatile organic compounds. These compounds show excellent antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, skin whitening, and moisturizing effects, which make them ideal candidates for cosmetics products. This review provides some perspectives of mushrooms (and/or extracts) and their ingredients presently used, or patented to be used, in both cosmeceuticals for topical administration and nutricosmetics for oral administration. With the small percentage of mushrooms presently identified and utilized, more mushroom species will be discovered, verified, and cultivated in the future, boosting the development of relevant industry. Combining with progress in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and systems pharmacology, mushrooms can find their way into cosmetics with multiple approaches.
Highlights
IntroductionMushrooms are fungi belonging to the higher phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap [1,2]
Mushrooms are fungi belonging to the higher phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota that have a stem, a cap, and gills on the underside of the cap [1,2]
The compounds so obtained from mushrooms are relatively complex mixtures of metabolites, in liquid or semisolid states, or in dry powder form, and are intended for external or oral use for cosmeceuticals or nutricosmetics
Summary
Mushrooms are fungi belonging to the higher phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota that have a stem (stipe), a cap (pileus), and gills (lamellae, sing. lamella) on the underside of the cap [1,2]. Mushrooms have drawn worldwide attention as the most interesting natural sources with diverse and unique bioactivities, including immunomodulatory, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antitumor, hepatoprotective, reducing glucose and lipidic levels [10,11]. They make up a vast, and yet largely untapped, source of powerfully new pharmaceutical products. As potent well as anti-inflammatory, properties, whichproperties, are frequently used in an effort ingredients possess antioxidant, as well as anti-inflammatory, which are frequently to address cosmetic concerns, such as fine lines, wrinkles, uneven tone, and texture.
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