Marine ingredients from algae and other sources satisfy the above criteria in
terms of cosmetic effects and relationships and appear to offer outstanding materials
for cosmetic use.
In the past, those wishing to known what ingredients were used in cosmetics
could consult official compendiums of materials in the pharmaceutical approval
precedents, including the “Cosmetic Ingredient Standards” and “Standards for
Ingredient Mixtures by Cosmetic Type.” Today, regulations on cosmetics are
becoming looser, and there is no need for registration in the compendiums
described above. The rules listed in them are useful, however, as a standard for
judging quality.
Table 8.9 shows some of the marine-derived ingredients found in the compendiums. Because this table is based on ingredients in the pharmaceutical approval
precedents, it also includes ingredients such as whale oil that are no longer in use.
The listings show basic ingredients of cosmetics to include oils such as squalane
and squalene; sodium alginate, which is used in moisturizers and thickeners; and
fish scales, which are used for pearl pigment agent (Hineno 2005).
Table 8.9 Marine-derived cosmetic ingredients in the pharmaceutical approval precedents
Name
Source
Name
Source
Pottasium alginate
Brown algae
Agar powder
Agar (Gelidium
amansii)
Sodium alginate
Brown algae
Desulfated aluminum
silicate
Sea mud
Calcium alginate
Brown algae
Chitin
Snow crab and red
crab
Propylene glycol
alginate
Brown algae
Chitosan
Crustaceans
Sulfated alginate
Brown algae
Fish scale membrane
Hairtail (Trichiurus
lepturus)
Squid ink
Squid
Chlorella extractives
Chlorella
Black-banded sea
krait lipid
Laticauda
semifasciata
Succinyl chitosan
Crustaceans
Dried seawater
Seawater
Squalene
Sharks
Seawater extractives
Brown, red and
green algae
Squalane
Deep-water sharks
Hydrolyzed
extractives
Squid
Soluble collagen
solution
Fish
Oyster extractives
Oysters
Conchiolin powder
Pearl oysters
Carrageenan
Red algae
Pearl powder
Shellfish
Carboxylmethyl
chitin solution
Crabs
Hydroxyethyl
chitosan solution
Crustaceans
Dried chlorella
Chlorella
Hydroxypropyl
chitosan solution
Crustaceans
8.5 Natural Cosmetic Ingredients
287
terms of cosmetic effects and relationships and appear to offer outstanding materials
for cosmetic use.
In the past, those wishing to known what ingredients were used in cosmetics
could consult official compendiums of materials in the pharmaceutical approval
precedents, including the “Cosmetic Ingredient Standards” and “Standards for
Ingredient Mixtures by Cosmetic Type.” Today, regulations on cosmetics are
becoming looser, and there is no need for registration in the compendiums
described above. The rules listed in them are useful, however, as a standard for
judging quality.
Table 8.9 shows some of the marine-derived ingredients found in the compendiums. Because this table is based on ingredients in the pharmaceutical approval
precedents, it also includes ingredients such as whale oil that are no longer in use.
The listings show basic ingredients of cosmetics to include oils such as squalane
and squalene; sodium alginate, which is used in moisturizers and thickeners; and
fish scales, which are used for pearl pigment agent (Hineno 2005).
Table 8.9 Marine-derived cosmetic ingredients in the pharmaceutical approval precedents
Name
Source
Name
Source
Pottasium alginate
Brown algae
Agar powder
Agar (Gelidium
amansii)
Sodium alginate
Brown algae
Desulfated aluminum
silicate
Sea mud
Calcium alginate
Brown algae
Chitin
Snow crab and red
crab
Propylene glycol
alginate
Brown algae
Chitosan
Crustaceans
Sulfated alginate
Brown algae
Fish scale membrane
Hairtail (Trichiurus
lepturus)
Squid ink
Squid
Chlorella extractives
Chlorella
Black-banded sea
krait lipid
Laticauda
semifasciata
Succinyl chitosan
Crustaceans
Dried seawater
Seawater
Squalene
Sharks
Seawater extractives
Brown, red and
green algae
Squalane
Deep-water sharks
Hydrolyzed
extractives
Squid
Soluble collagen
solution
Fish
Oyster extractives
Oysters
Conchiolin powder
Pearl oysters
Carrageenan
Red algae
Pearl powder
Shellfish
Carboxylmethyl
chitin solution
Crabs
Hydroxyethyl
chitosan solution
Crustaceans
Dried chlorella
Chlorella
Hydroxypropyl
chitosan solution
Crustaceans
8.5 Natural Cosmetic Ingredients
287