| abstract |
There is disclosed a method of treating the skin with extracts from soya, oats, dwarf palm, silk, mulberry, Spring restharrow, pigeon or horse bean, tomato, fish roe, pea, fish flour, wheat germ, mango, date, kiwi, potato, grapefruit, papaya, pineapple, passion fruit, scutellaria, maize, apple, quinoa flour, parsley root or yucca. The extracts convert latent transforming growth factor beta 1 into its active form. Compositions containing the extracts can be used to exert an anti-wrinkle or anti-ageing effect. |