Keratin protein filler compositions are provided that include at least one keratin protein derived from human hair. Hair coloring kits are also provided that include at least one keratin protein filler composition and at least one hair colorant composition. Methods of treatment of various hair conditions are also provided.

A fermented pollen-based composition is provided which is made by treating pollen grains with one or more natural potassium sources selected from coconut water, coconut milk, raw honey, or honeydew honey, to naturally stimulate germination of the pollen, then incubating the germinated pollen, optionally with one or more additional components selected from beeswax, oils, enzyme-containing components derived from fruit, and probiotic components, wherein the resulting composition comprises a plurality of bioactive components selected from low molecular weight peptides, fatty acids, esterified flavonoids, dicaffeoyl quinic acid isomers and dicaffeoyl tartaric acid ester or ether compounds. Topical skin compositions including the fermented pollen-based composition as an active ingredient are also provided.

A vented wound dressing barrier includes one or more membrane layers with a plurality of vents. The vents are cut along a perimeter of the vents through the one or more membrane layers. Each vent having a connection portion uncut relative to the one or more membrane layers thereby forming a hinge configured to allow the vents to open for drainage when exposed to fluid underlying the vented wound dressing barrier. The plurality of vents is each cut along the perimeter without removal of any of the membrane layer. The one or more membrane layers with the plurality of vents has a surface for covering a wound, the surface area in the absence of a fluid pressing on the vents having no openings or voids which reduce the surface area of a vented wound dressing barrier area covering a wound.

Cacao pod pericarp (CP) is used to produce a food ingredient, or flour, using convective-heat or freeze-drying and/or microwave drying methods. The observed physical and technological properties of dried CP revealed its potential application as an ingredient in manufactured food products. The levels of bioactive compounds are significantly increased in the dried CP samples compared to the raw material, especially in the case of the freeze dried methods. The commercially advantageous use of the cacao pod waste material can be used in treatments for humans and animals in order to improve several anthropometric measurements or cardiometabolic markers in the blood and to improve the composition and mass of the body. Embodiments for treating humans and animals include administering orally to decrease LDL/HDL ratios or triglyceride/HDL ratios, or administering topically as a cosmetic to treat fine lines, wrinkles, skin discoloration, and other skin conditions.

Compositions allowing the stimulation of hyaluronic acid synthesis via an increase in has-2 expression and their use in the treatment of conditions related to a decrease in hyaluronic acid synthesis.

The present disclosure provides a method for preparing an anti-wrinkle functional cosmetic substance comprising cutting herbal materials comprising Angelica gigas root, Rehmannia glutinosa root, a paeonia albiflora root, Mentha arvensis, Angelica dahurica root, Scrophularia buergeriana, Rheum undulatum root/stalk/stem, Sanguisorba officinalis root, and Cinnamomum cassia bark into pieces, putting a mixture of the herbal material pieces, talc, a pearl powder, deep ocean water into an extractor, sterilizing the mixture, then fermenting the mixture by mixed lactobacillales strain, and then hot-water extracting the mixture into a solid, freeze-drying the extracted solid into a freeze-dried powder, and dissolving and high-speed mixing the freeze-dried powder, adenosine, and borax in a beeswax, a perilla oil, an Olea europaea (olive) fruit oil, and a Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil heated and Chamaecyparis obtusa water heated.

A medicinal composition includes an active herbal component that is prepared by cooking a combination of Sheng Di Huang, Da Huang and Jin Yin Hua and has an average particulate size between 100-300 nm. Example formulations include topical gels, tablets and capsules.

A two stage reaction platform is provided to produce a pollen-based extract material, comprising the steps of a first stage including: opening and/or germinating pollen grains, reacting the treated pollen grains with one or more beehive components, selected from beeswax, honey, or enzyme-containing material, and stirring to form a jelly; and a second stage including heating the jelly in a closed container to product an extract. The extract may be a fermented extract. An aqueous skin cream includes the pollen-based extract and one or more of glycerine, natural oils, emollients, preservatives, vitamins, fragrance, emulsifiers, or waxes. The skin cream may be used for treatment of skin conditions or inflammation. In another embodiment a method of treating eczema or psoriasis is provided, comprising administering to the individual in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an aqueous skin cream.

The present invention relates to granules comprising an active substance, obtained by spray-drying an emulsion comprising said active substance, solid particles, water and a water-soluble biopolymer having a molecular weight below 100 KDa. The invention further relates to a process for obtaining such granules and to products containing them.

A vented wound dressing barrier includes one or more membrane layers with a plurality of vents. The vents are cut along a perimeter of the vents through the one or more membrane layers. Each vent having a connection portion uncut relative to the one or more membrane layers thereby forming a hinge configured to allow the vents to open for drainage when exposed to fluid underlying the vented wound dressing barrier. The plurality of vents is each cut along the perimeter without removal of any of the membrane layer. The one or more membrane layers with the plurality of vents has a surface for covering a wound, the surface area in the absence of a fluid pressing on the vents having no openings or voids which reduce the surface area of a vented wound dressing barrier area covering a wound.