Olive oil in pharmacological and cosmetic traditions

Ilaria Gorini; Silvia Iorio; Rosagemma Ciliberti; Marta Licata; Giuseppe Armocida

doi:10.1111/jocd.12838

Olive oil in pharmacological and cosmetic traditions

J Cosmet Dermatol. 2019 Oct;18(5):1575-1579. doi: 10.1111/jocd.12838. Epub 2019 Jan 7.

Authors

Ilaria Gorini¹, Silvia Iorio², Rosagemma Ciliberti³, Marta Licata¹, Giuseppe Armocida¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
² Unit of History of Medicine and Bioethics, Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Science of Health, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy.

PMID: 30618094
DOI: 10.1111/jocd.12838

Abstract

Among the numerous natural substances used in medical remedies, oil certainly plays an important role and, over the centuries, there have been many functions and properties attributed to it. We present the processes that have seen it as protagonist in the pharmacological field and in the cosmetic field.

Keywords: cosmetics; olive oil; pharmacology.

Publication types

Letter