Editorial: Cosmeceuticals From Medicinal Plants

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The use of the word cosmetics comes from kosmétikos, an Ancient Greek term. This word can be \ntranslated as “skilled in adornment,” with the variant kosmein meaning “arrange” or “adorn” and \nkosmos meaning “order”: Further interpretations include “to make for beauty,” especially of the \ncomplexion, or beautifying and “done or made for the sake of appearance,” or “correcting defects \nespecially of the face,” primarily it is “decorative” or “ornamental” (Oumeish, 2001). The concept of \nbeauty is one of the aspects of the Greek word komes, which means harmony, and was used to attain \nperfection. Gradually its meaning has changed until it became connected with the idea that was \nmore closely related to the masking, concealing and camouflaging, as true beauty originates from \nthe inner being and could not be created externally. Since primeval time, numerous civilisations \nhave been subjected to the use of herbs as cosmetic applications. Even today, the demand and the \nutilization of phytocosmetics have increased in the personal care system (Mahomoodally and \nRamjuttun, 2016). Research into the value and use of plant and mineral resources in cosmetics \ncontinued over the centuries evolving into what we consider to be cosmeceuticals. Interestingly, \nthere is a great tendency of consumers to return to the use of herbs/herbal products for various \napplications to implement a more natural mode of life (Mahomoodally and Ramjuttun, 2016).

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