Prospecção científica e tecnológica sobre o potencial de plantas com ação antibacteriana e antioxidante para o desenvolvimento de cosméticos

Brazil has a wide variety of plants that supply biological substances that can be used for the development of cosmetic products, contributing to human health and the world market. Although there are studies on these substances, many of them are retained in scientific articles and in the registration of patents. The objective of this research was to conduct a scientific and technological prospecting on the potential of plants with antimicrobial and antioxidant action for the development of cosmetics. For this, a survey of scientific data was carried out using the Capes (research 1 and 2) and technological prospection (research 3), in the search for patents in the European Espacenet database. The results showed that there is scientific production by Brazilian researchers on the biological potential of plants, but few patents are filed in Brazil when compared with foreign ones, mainly with regard to the description of the action for the production of cosmetics.