Study suggests plant-based colorants could also serve as antioxidant ingredient

Many plants both show promise as cosmetic actives and are rather colorful, and a new study suggests cosmetics may be able to harness both qualities.

A research team out of Poland and France, Brudzyńska et al., recently published a study in Cosmetics​ investigating the potential of plant-derived colorants that also have functional levels of antioxidant activity.

Brudzyńska et al. said various studies have shown components of plants can contain cosmetically valuable compounds, including vitamins, flavonoids and other polyphenolic compounds.

“The addition of natural colorants of plant origin may beneficially influence the quality and effectiveness of cosmetic products, thus following the current dominant trend in the cosmetic industry which draws inspiration from the richness of nature and aims to create cosmetic formulations with an application of plant-derived ingredients with minimal impact on the environment,”​ Brudzyńska et al. said.

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