“…2,3 Plant extracts can contain a high concentration of phenolic compounds, carotenoids, terpenoids, etc., able to inhibit free radicals and therefore to slow down skin aging. 4,5 The antioxidant potency of phenolic compounds (phenolic acids, flavonoids, anthocyanidins, tannins) can be easily determined by chemical tests such as 2,2,1-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, the ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) assay, the 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) assay, and the cupric ion reducing antioxidant capacity (CUPRAC) assay. 4 Phenolics have also been reported as effective compounds in matrix remodeling activation through inhibition of elastases, 6 a class of proteases highly involved in aging.…”