The role of aromatic plants in phytocosmetics

Abstract

Along with the industrial production, the popularity of the use of plants in cosmetics has increased in the last decades, because the active compounds extracted from plants and used for the preparation of natural skin care products are not lost or modified during chemical treatments or exposure to high temperatures. The plants used in natural cosmetics are dried naturally and are used as infusion, decoction, tincture, oil or macerated extract, essential oil. In modern cosmetics, natural plant extracts are used a lot and their presence in the ingredient list is a real advantage, since consumers rely on their beneficial effects. In the collection of aromatic plants of the NBGI, several promising species for the cosmetic industry have been introduced and researched, for example: Elsholtzia stauntonii Benth., Rosmarinus officinalis L., Artemisia dracunculus L.