Mushrooms Natural Products: Cosmetic Weapons as Anti-Hair Loss, Anti-Aging Skin and Future Prospect
February 2025
in “
Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences
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TLDR Mushroom extracts can help with anti-aging, skin care, and hair loss in cosmetics.
Mushrooms are a rich source of phytonutrients, including polysaccharides and essential amino acids, offering numerous health benefits such as antidiabetic, antioxidative, antiviral, and antibacterial properties. Both wild edible and medicinal mushrooms exhibit strong therapeutic activities, making them valuable in cosmetic applications for anti-hair loss and anti-aging skin treatments. This review highlights the potential of mushroom extracts in cosmetics for their antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, skin whitening, moisturizing, and anti-hair loss effects, while also discussing future prospects and challenges in this field.