Evaluation of Cosmetic Ingredients Impacting Human Health

Authors(2) :-Tanvi Jain, C N Sivaramakrishnan

Human skin is a serious problem universally, by and large in both developing as well as underdeveloped nations. Conversely, synthetic skin care or cosmetic products, fragrances and preservatives create an unexpected adverse effect towards human skins and it’s not safeguarding too. This article reviews the current available scientific literature regarding the effect of human skins by using various ingredients to make the cosmetic and fragrances product. The present paper is an attempt to provide a detailed cosmetic product ingredients description, classification, synthetic study etc.

Authors and Affiliations

Tanvi Jain
Hill Spring International School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
C N Sivaramakrishnan
Hill Spring International School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Fragrance, Cosmetic, Preservative, Skin irritants, Carcinogens, BHT, Hair products, Endocrine UV filters.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 10 | Issue 5 | September-October 2023
Date of Publication : 2023-10-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 543-561
Manuscript Number : IJSRST52310574
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Tanvi Jain, C N Sivaramakrishnan, " Evaluation of Cosmetic Ingredients Impacting Human Health", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 10, Issue 5, pp.543-561, September-October-2023. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST52310574    
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