최근 생활수준의 향상과 더불어 자연친화적인 제품을 사용하고자 하는 웰빙소비성향이 두드러지며 천연소재를 이용한 각종 생활용품이나 화장품의 개발도 매우 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 특히 민간에서 오랫동안 약재로 사용해 오던 식물들의 생리활성들이 피부과학적으로 입증되면서 그 식물들로부터 유효성분을 농축하거나 분리하여 화장품 등에 이용하고 있다. 또한 기능성 화장품(functional cosmetics)의 출현으로 소비자들의 인식도 높아져 피부의 생리활성을 향상시켜주는 천연원료를 첨가하여 미백(whitening), 주름개선(wrinkle improvement) 등의 효과를 나타내는 제품들도 많이 개발되어 왔다. 본고에서는 그 동안 연구되어져 온 천연물을 기능별로 분류하여 간략히 설명하고 화장품 천연원료로 개발된 fructan, Areca extract, Portulaca extract, Licorice extract, Dandelion extract, Ulmus extract, SC-glucan, Arbutin, Sophora extract 등의 피부 생리환성 등을 소개하고자 한다.
Recently, our society has prominently raised the desire to well-being life since not only our economical situations are better than before, but environmental pollution become serious. In well-being trends, the natural or nature-related products are also issued on their usages as bio-/raw materials for our living industries, such as cosmetics, household goods, and so on. Especially, various materials which comes from medicinal plants has been discovered their physiological properties and validated their functions. Thus, they have been subjected to several processes, including extraction, isolation and concentration, and popularly introduced to cosmetic industry. In these reasons, a variety of cosmetic Products using natural materials has been developed, which are focused on whitening, wrinkle improvement, and anti-aging. In this report, we present a brief review of the function and classification of natural products interested in until now, and introduce the natural materials for cosmetics having physiological activities on skin, including Fructan, Acrea extract, Portulaca extract, Licorce extract, Dandelion extract, Ulmus extract, SC-glucan, Arbutin, and Sophora extract.
