The Role of Oleuropein on Cosmeceutical Applications for Enhanced Skin Health

Abstract

The biggest organ in the human body, the skin, is essential for defense against physiological and environmental threats. The skin barrier plays a crucial role in keeping the skin healthy and in delivering substances applied topically to the deeper layers of the skin. Cosmeceuticals provide effective skin care treatments, a hybrid product category that falls between cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Using olive leaves and oils is an inventive way to use goods from the olive industry to cosmetics. This chapter explores an innovative approach that applies olive industry byproducts, like olive oils and leaves, to cosmetic uses. The focus is on oleuropein, a phenolic compound derived from these sources, demonstrating significant potential in skin health. Oleuropein has been shown in numerous animal and clinical trials to have various biological benefits, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-collagenase, anti-elastase, anti-tyrosinase, and anti-hyaluronidase properties. These characteristics help to improve wrinkles, decrease pigmentation, enhance elasticity, decrease skin thickness, and speed up the healing of wounds. In conclusion, studies on oleuropein’s function in skin health highlight this compound’s potential as a useful ingredient for cosmeceutical products that aim to prevent skin aging and enhance general skin health.