A few hints to contrast aging A multi-voice interview with leading companies showcasing their latest advancements

GAYLE DE MARIA, FLORIAN WEIGHARDT

AgroFOOD industry hi-tech & Household and Personal Care Today

gayle@teknoscienze.com ; florian@teknoscienze.com

The aging process is a challenging human experience common to everyone, and the desire to look and feel younger prevails in the majority of us. To this regard, science has found and validated with clinical studies several molecules and solutions addressing those metabolic processes, which lead the overall ageing process. Oxidative stress due to physical and chemical agents is at the basis of most ageing processes. As a consequence several studies concentrate on those compounds which, through nutritional supply and/or topic application, can slow down or prevent oxidative processes. The most visible aspect of ageing resides in particular in the slow loss of turgidity and firmness of the skin. Wrinkle formation and loss of thickness of the skin are the consequences of a slow change of the composition of the extracellular matrix in dermi ... ... ...