Fermented Goji and Green Tea Extracts for Skin Antioxidant Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cosmetic products fail to effectively address skin troubles caused by free radicals and chronic inflammation, leading to skin aging, wrinkles, and reduced skin elasticity, as existing antioxidants are depleted and inflammation causes tissue damage.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic composition incorporating a fermented extract of Goji berry and green tea, with a specific volume ratio of 6:4 to 9.5:0.5, prepared through hot water extraction and yeast fermentation, which enhances antioxidant, anti-wrinkle, and whitening effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional antioxidants (vitamin E, vitamin C, ubiquinol) are used to scavenge free radicals, then antioxidant effect is improved, but these antioxidants are broken by aging, pollution, UV, stress, etc., leading to depletion and reduced effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters by using fermented extracts containing polyphenols, flavonoids, and other bioactive compounds from Goji berry and green tea. These compounds have different chemical structures and stability characteristics compared to conventional antioxidants, providing sustained antioxidant activity that resists degradation by aging, pollution, UV, and stress.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite antioxidant system by combining multiple active ingredients from Goji berry and green tea fermentation extracts, including polyphenols, flavonoids, and other bioactive compounds. This composite approach provides synergistic effects that enhance overall antioxidant capacity and durability compared to single-ingredient antioxidants.
2Reliability
If inflammation is continuously stimulated to protect against harmful substances, then immune defense is improved, but chronic inflammation occurs causing tissue damage, reduced skin elasticity, and wrinkles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent converts the harmful effects of chronic inflammation into beneficial outcomes by using fermented extracts that contain anti-inflammatory compounds. These compounds modulate the immune response to provide protection against harmful substances while preventing excessive inflammation that causes tissue damage, effectively transforming the harmful inflammatory pathway into a beneficial protective mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the biochemical parameters of the skin environment by introducing anti-inflammatory compounds from fermented extracts. These compounds alter the expression of inflammatory genes and proteins, shifting the balance from chronic inflammation to a controlled immune response that protects without causing tissue damage.
3Reliability
If proteolytic enzymes are released during inflammation to destroy harmful substances, then pathogen elimination is improved, but these enzymes break down proteins and lipids causing damage to adjacent tissue cells and connective tissues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces anti-inflammatory compounds from fermented extracts as intermediary substances that regulate the activity of proteolytic enzymes. These intermediaries allow the enzymes to effectively eliminate pathogens while preventing them from excessively breaking down proteins and lipids in adjacent healthy tissues, thus protecting tissue integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary anti-action by using fermented extracts that contain compounds to inhibit proteolytic enzyme activity before excessive tissue damage can occur. These compounds pre-establish a regulatory mechanism that prevents the destructive effects of proteolytic enzymes on connective tissues while maintaining their protective function against pathogens.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The composition demonstrates improved antioxidant scavenging, wrinkle improvement, and skin soothing effects, with increased protein content and enhanced free radical scavenging and elastase inhibition, supporting skin health and reducing signs of aging.
Implementation Method 1
The Goji berry fermented extract and green tea fermented extract may be fermented with yeast
Implementation Method 2
performing hot water extraction of Goji berry and/or green tea and filtering the same to obtain an extract
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition including a Lycium chinense mill (“Goji berry”) fermented extract and/or green tea fermented extract, and a method for preparing the same. Specifically, there is provided a cosmetic composition with excellent antioxidant, wrinkle improvement and whitening effects, and a method for preparing the same.