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Review

Quercus suber: A Promising Sustainable Raw Material for Cosmetic Application

by
Sandra Mota
1,2,†,
Cláudia Pinto
3,†,
Sara Cravo
3,4,
Joana Rocha e Silva
5,
Carlos Afonso
3,4,
José Manuel Sousa Lobo
1,2,
Maria Elizabeth Tiritan
3,4,6,
Honorina Cidade
3,4,* and
Isabel Filipa Almeida
1,2,*
1
UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, MedTech, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Department of Drug Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
2
Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
3
Laboratory of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
4
CIIMAR–Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, S/N, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
5
Dimas & Silva, Lda. Industry, Rua Central de Goda 345, 4535-167 Mozelos, Portugal
6
CESPU-Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Institute of Research and Advanced Training in Health Sciences and Technologies (IINFACTS), Rua Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(9), 4604; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094604
Submission received: 7 March 2022 / Revised: 28 April 2022 / Accepted: 29 April 2022 / Published: 3 May 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art of Medicinal and Synthetic Organic Chemistry)
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Abstract

There is a drive within the cosmetic industry towards the development of more sustainable products, supported by consumer awareness of the environmental footprint. The cosmetic industry is rising to meet consumer demand by following practices, such as the use of by-products from agro-industrial waste. Quercus suber is a tree prevalent in the Mediterranean basin. The extraction of cork is considered sustainable, as this process does not harm the tree, and the amount of cork produced increases with the number of extractions. Beyond this, the cork industry produces by-products that are used to sustain the industry itself, such as cork powder, which is reused for generating energy. Additionally, cork and cork by-products contain bioactive compounds mainly with antioxidant activity that can be of use to the cosmetic industry, such as for antiaging, anti-acne, anti-inflammatory, and depigmenting cosmetic products. We provide the reader with an overview of the putative cosmetic applications of cork and its by-products as well as of their bioactive compounds. It is noteworthy that only a few cork-based cosmetic products have reached the market, namely antiaging and exfoliant products. Clearly, the use of cork upcycled cosmetic ingredients will evolve in the future considering the wide array of biological activities already reported.
Keywords: Quercus suber; cork; cosmetics; sustainability; by-products; circular beauty; upcycling Quercus suber; cork; cosmetics; sustainability; by-products; circular beauty; upcycling

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Mota, S.; Pinto, C.; Cravo, S.; Rocha e Silva, J.; Afonso, C.; Sousa Lobo, J.M.; Tiritan, M.E.; Cidade, H.; Almeida, I.F. Quercus suber: A Promising Sustainable Raw Material for Cosmetic Application. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 4604. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094604

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Mota S, Pinto C, Cravo S, Rocha e Silva J, Afonso C, Sousa Lobo JM, Tiritan ME, Cidade H, Almeida IF. Quercus suber: A Promising Sustainable Raw Material for Cosmetic Application. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(9):4604. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094604

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Mota, Sandra, Cláudia Pinto, Sara Cravo, Joana Rocha e Silva, Carlos Afonso, José Manuel Sousa Lobo, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Honorina Cidade, and Isabel Filipa Almeida. 2022. "Quercus suber: A Promising Sustainable Raw Material for Cosmetic Application" Applied Sciences 12, no. 9: 4604. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094604

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Mota, S., Pinto, C., Cravo, S., Rocha e Silva, J., Afonso, C., Sousa Lobo, J. M., Tiritan, M. E., Cidade, H., & Almeida, I. F. (2022). Quercus suber: A Promising Sustainable Raw Material for Cosmetic Application. Applied Sciences, 12(9), 4604. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12094604

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