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- Title
Estudo da segurança de cosméticos: presente e futuro.
- Authors
Chiari, Bruna Galdorini; Magnani, Caroline; Nunes Salgado, Hérida Regina; Corrêa, Marcos Antonio; Borges Isaac, Vera Lucia
- Abstract
Cosmetics have been used since ancient times and, recently, their consumption has increased greatly in many countries, including brazil, which is the third largest consumer market in the world. Thus, concern for the safety and eficacy of these products should be heightened, even though these products are rarely related to adverse reactions that damage the health. Brazilian law requires manufacturers to subject their products to safety testing, to assess the possible reactions that could be caused by them (irritation, sensitization, systemic effects). To this end, in general, animals have been used as the experimental model, but this practice is being increasingly controlled, so that the scientiic community is looking for alternative tests that do not require experimental in vivo models. Thus, this review aims to describe the main biological assays used to assess the safety of cosmetics, as well as in vitro assays that can replace them.
- Subjects
COSMETICS; CONSUMPTION (Economics); BIOLOGICAL assay; DRUG standards; COSMETOLOGY
- Publication
Revista de Ciências Farmacêuticas Básica e Aplicada, 2012, Vol 33, Issue 3, p323
- ISSN
1808-4532
- Publication type
Article