Release of active ingredients from cosmetic emulsionsJoanna IGIELSKA-KALWAT*, Izabela NOWAK – Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 8, 498–504

Fast development of cosmetic industry and increasing awareness
about healthy appearance have prompted the need for improved
quality of cosmetic products and stimulated development of
new methods aimed at characterisation and performance of new
products. One of the fundamental tests of cosmetic preparations
is that for bioavailability, which permits determination of identical
composition and performance of the series of products made at
certain time intervals. Tests of bioavailability involve determination
of the kinetics of release of the active ingredient from the semi-solid
cosmetic formulation such as emulsion, gel, etc.

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