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1 online resource. Cosmeceuticals are the latest additions to the health industry and have an ever-expanding market. They are considered to be a marriage between cosmetics and drugs and are defined as preparations applied on the body that may modify the physiological functions of the skin. However, as more cosmeceuticals are being launched in the market and more types of drugs are incorporated into the formulation, the composition of cosmeceuticals is becoming more complex. Handbook of Cosmeceutical Excipients and their Safeties summarises the current evidence relating to cosmeceuticals' side effects and highlig. Cover; Handbook of cosmeceutical excipients and their safeties; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Preface; About the authors; 1 History of cosmeceutics; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The rise of cosmeceutics; 1.3 Impact of cosmeceutics; 1.4 Conclusion; 2 Regulation of cosmetics; 2.1 History; 2.2 Comparative study of cosmetic legislation and regulation; 2.3 Similarities in cosmetic regulation or legislation among the developed countries; 2.4 Differences in cosmetic regulation or legislation among the developed countries; 2.5 Conclusion. 3 Skin permeation of cosmetics3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Human skin, barrier properties and challenges to absorption; 3.3 The concept of flux; 3.4 Mathematical modelling of flux; 3.5 In vitro skin permeation testing; 3.6 Skin models for permeation testing; 3.7 Conclusion; 4 Systemic effect ofcosmeceutics -- cancer; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.3 Results; 4.4 Discussion; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Local effect of cosmeceutics -allergic contact dermatitis; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Methodology; 5.3 Results; 5.4 Discussion; 5.5 Conclusion; 5.6 Note (to 'type of assays' on page 64); 6 Essential monographs. Yu Heng Kwan [and five others]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Dermatologic agents MEDICAL Pharmacology Dermatologic agents RL801 .K83 2014 615.7/78 (OCoLC)885228869 9781908818713 1908818719 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781907568534 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781907568534 N$T 141015 20190328114809.0 ocn892991961 eng