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Revista Cubana de Farmacia

Print version ISSN 0034-7515On-line version ISSN 1561-2988

Abstract

PAVON PEREZ, Jessy; VALDES COMAS, Leslie  and  PEREZ RAMOS, Patricia. Design and development of two face packs for the acne where chitin is the bioactive substance. Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2011, vol.45, n.2, pp.251-263. ISSN 0034-7515.

The cosmetics industry attaches importance to the achievement of a more complete cosmetic, a cosmoceutic representing safety in health and beauty maintenance. In present paper were designed and developed two face packs for acne using 2 % chitin as active substance. This polymer of marine origin has phylmogen and hydration properties and a demonstrated healing and antimicrobial action. Two experimental designs were carried out with a D-optimal mixture and also the study of incidence of three components of both face packs, polyquaaterium-7 (salcare SC91®) in one of the variants be assayed and sodium cellulose carboxymethyl (SCC) in the other one, 2 % propylene glycol and 91.6 % water) in the case of salcare formula and the 5 variant (2 % SCC, 4 % propylene glycol and 89.6 % water) in SCC formula.

Keywords : Face pack; cosmoceutic; chitin.

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