Sollice Biotech offers an anti-pigmentating cosmetic active ingredient, a vitamin C derivative : LUCEMINE®. This active ingredient demonstrates the whitening activity of Vitamin C with unequalled stability.
Skin exposure to the sun and various internal factors, such as aging, induce melanogenesis, a biological process that synthesizes melanin, the skin pigment. Melanin protects DNA against UV rays within the epidermis but can also lead to the appearance of dark spots and a loss of homogeneity of the complexion. The cells involved in this process are melanocytes. Located in the basal layer of the epidermis, they produce melanin, which is then transferred to the keratinocytes and passes through to the skin’s surface.
Vitamin C as whitening cosmetic active ingredient
Vitamin C is a molecule well known for its anti-pigmenting properties (1, 2). It is able to inhibit melanization by interrupting the key stages of melanogenesis, but is not toxic to melanocytes. However, this molecule rarely shows its whitening effect due to its degradation in formula or on the surface of the skin.
Vitamin C is an unstable compound: it is sensitive to oxidation induced by heat, air, light… It is therefore easily degraded, especially when used in cosmetic formulations (3).
Our solution:
MINE®, that has solved the structural instability of vitamin C.
The structure of this vitamin C derivative ensures the stability of the compound and allows the lightening properties of vitamin C to be preserved in cosmetic products (4).
PROVEN HIGH STABILITY
We tested the stability of our vitamin C derivative in the presence of an oxidizing compound and compared it to Vitamin C.
In low oxidizing conditions, Vitamine C and MINE® are stable. After a certain amount of oxidizing product, the Vitamin C solution is gradually degraded until the molecule disappears completely. MINE® maintains total structural stability under highly oxidizing conditions.
MECHANISM OF ACTION
MINE® acts directly on the molecular process that causes melanogenesis. It inhibits melanization by up to 80%. At equal concentration, MINE® is more effective than vitamin C and inhibits melanin synthesis four times more than other derivatives.
Of all the vitamin C derivatives tested, MINE® is the most effective melanogenesis inhibitor .
“An anti-pigmentation cosmetic active ingredient, a vitamin C derivative that preserves the stability of the molecule”
CLINICAL EFFICACY
MINE® reduces dark areas and spots at different concentrations and results in an anti-pigmenting effect. The effect of MINE® is dose-dependent: the more concentrated the active ingredient, the more reduced the pigmentation. MINE® used for 3 months reduces pigmentation by half (-54%).
Thanks to its high stability, MINE® offers all the benefits of vitamin C for effective formulations.
Sollice Biotech offers its customers an efficient and cost-effective product to create unique anti-pigment cosmetic products.
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