Abstract:

Chinese herbal plants contain rich active compounds in skin care, which have been widely used in cosmetics in recent years and are favored by consumers. However, the excessive mining of wild Chinese medicinal plants has led to a sharp reduction in resources, which cannot meet the demand for industrial products. Although artificial planting of Chinese herbal plants can alleviate the contradiction between resources and supply and demand, there are pollution such as agricultural residues and heavy metals in the process of artificial planting of Chinese herbal plants, and the content of active compounds in Chinese herbal plants is also affected by climate and planting management level. This paper reviews another technology to solve the contradiction between supply and demand of Chinese medicinal plant resources, plant cell engineering technology, which can realize the large-scale industrial production of Chinese medicinal plant cells, tissues and organs in a stable artificial environment, and this technology is a beneficial supplement to artificial cultivation. In addition, the application status of raw materials produced by plant cell engineering technology in cosmetics at home and abroad is summarized, and the problems existing in the large-scale production and application of raw materials in cosmetics are discussed and prospected.

Key words: plant cell engineering technology, cosmetics raw materials, Chinese herbal plants, skin care efficacy