According to iiMedia Research, the global anti-aging market has grown from $139.5 billion in 2015 to $216 billion in 2021. With consumers' demand for "anti-aging" rising year by year, the anti-aging market has become one of the most eye-catching tracks at present. Moreover, a 2022 iiMedia Research survey found that Chinese consumers pay most attention to efficacy and ingredients when buying anti-aging products. It can be seen that the type and efficacy of raw materials have become an important factor affecting consumers to buy anti-aging products.
What components of raw materials with anti-aging effects are currently on the market that deserve our attention?
Rhodiola rosea extract
Rhodiola rosea is a kind of plant or Chinese herb with strong anti-aging effect, in which rhodiola Rosea is the main medicinal ingredient. Rhodiola has a stimulating effect on dermal fibers and cells, which can increase the amount of collagen fibers. Rhodiola rosea, deer blood and ginseng for external use preparation can also increase the collagen content in the skin, reduce the aging bridging between collagen, and make the skin smooth and elastic.
Polygonum cuspidatum extract
Resveratrol, an extract of Polygonum cuspidatum, is a natural antioxidant, which can remove and inhibit the growth of free radicals, prevent lipid peroxidation, regulate antioxidation-related enzymes, and is of great help to beauty and anti-aging.
Rosemary extract
Rosmarinic acid is a natural, highly efficient, stable (high temperature resistance), safe and non-toxic side effects of water-soluble antioxidant and green food additive. Medical research shows that it can eliminate the excessive free radicals produced in the body, quench the monomer oxygen, protect the structure of cell membrane and slow down the aging of the human body.
Reduced glutathione
Reduced glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide composed of glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine, which contains sulfhydryl. It is widely found in plants and animals, and plays an important role in living organisms. As an important antioxidant in the body, it can fight free radical damage to DNA mitochondria and repair damaged DNA mitochondria. Thus, the cell division cycle is prolonged and the cell life is prolonged to achieve the effect of anti-aging.
β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN)
NMN, full name of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide, pH value is 3.0-4.0. It is a naturally occurring bioactive nucleotide, which exists in various organisms and is also the raw material of cosmetics. By maintaining sufficient NAD+ in cells, DNA self-repair ability can be maintained, so that DNA damage caused by aging can be effectively repaired, thus inhibiting aging.
Astaxanthin
Astaxanthin, also known as astaxanthin, astaxanthin, is a carotenoid closely related to astaxanthin, so named astaxanthin. It is widely found in shrimp, crabs, fish, birds, some algae and fungi and other organisms. It has the same antioxidant effect as carotenoids, and its ability to quench singlet oxygen and capture free radicals is more than 10 times higher than beta-carotene, so as to slow the process of skin aging.
As of June 2022, 13 domestic cosmetics materials have been successfully registered, including oligopeptide-215, NMN, Chenopodium formosanum extract, Dendrobium candidum protocorm, Snow lotus herb extract, etc., breaking the fetterage of foreign materials. In the future, the development of anti-aging raw materials market will usher in greater growth space.