Houttuynia Cordata Fermentation Extract for Skin Barrier Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing Houttuynia cordata extracts exhibit weakened effects when used directly, necessitating a fermentation method to enhance their physiological and nutritional functionality for improved skin benefits.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic composition containing a Houttuynia cordata fermentation extract produced using lactic acid bacteria, specifically Bacillus coagulans KK7, which enhances the extract's quercetin content and promotes skin barrier-strengthening, moisturizing, and antibacterial effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If Houttuynia cordata extract is used directly, then the composition is simple to prepare, but the physiological activity and skin benefits are significantly weakened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies fermentation technology to transform the Houttuynia cordata extract through biological processes, changing its chemical composition and enhancing the content of active ingredients like quercetin. This parameter change in the extract's composition significantly improves its physiological activity and skin benefits while maintaining a relatively simple fermentation-based preparation process
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces lactic acid bacteria as an intermediary organism to ferment the Houttuynia cordata extract. These bacteria act as a mediator that transforms the raw extract into a more potent form, enhancing the physiological activity without requiring complex chemical processing methods
2Reliability
If fermentation method is used to enhance physiological ingredients, then the skin barrier-strengthening and moisturizing effects are improved, but the manufacturing process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The fermentation process changes the biochemical parameters of the Houttuynia cordata extract, increasing the concentration of active ingredients such as quercetin and other physiological compounds. This parameter enhancement directly improves the skin barrier-strengthening and moisturizing effects while using a biologically-based process that is relatively easier to control than complex chemical synthesis
Solution Approach 2:
The lactic acid bacteria perform self-service by naturally fermenting the Houttuynia cordata extract and producing the desired active ingredients through their metabolic processes. This self-service capability of the bacteria simplifies the manufacturing process compared to manual extraction or complex chemical processing, as the system essentially produces the active compounds autonomously
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The fermentation process increases quercetin content, leading to improved skin moisturization and barrier strengthening, as well as antibacterial and regenerative effects.
Implementation Method 1
a Houttuynia cordata fermentation extract fermented with lactic acid bacteria
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic composition containing a Houttuynia cordata fermentation extract fermented with lactic acid bacteria. The Houttuynia cordata fermentation extract of the present disclosure can provide a cosmetic composition with physiological and nutritional functionality due to its high quercetin content. A cosmetic composition containing the Houttuynia cordata fermentation extract according to the present disclosure can exhibit excellent skin barrier-strengthening, skin-moisturizing, antibacterial and regenerative effects.