discoveries to improve the appearance of our skin, reduce wrinkles and stop the ravages of aging insofar as possible. The subsequent discoveries of substances such as collagen, retinol or hyaluronic acid, among others, now comes to add another revolutionary product that comes from the Chinese folk medicine: the Radix Astragali.
Under this complicated name is a popular herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for the care of the skin.Based on this, the Institute of science and technology of the food of the National University of Taiwan (China) has recently published the results of a study about the benefits of this plant to human skin.
apparently, Radix Astragali has the peculiarity of being able to produce hyaluronic acid directly in the cells of the skin of the people. To test this effect, crops of the primary cells of the skin in vitro trials were made with fermented and not fermented from this plant preparations (fermentation is the traditional method used in China for processing herbs).
In such results experts assessed the Hyaluronan synthase gene expression (an enzyme that allows its synthesis). They could also see that the active principles that serve to regenerate the skin were present to a greater extent in the preparations that had been left to ferment; now, researchers are studying How to adapt these products in cosmetic applications anti-aging. Hair2centre.
Tags: cosmetic skin, pharmaceutical research, radix astragali
