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| AMINO ACIDS |
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A group of nitrogenous organic compounds, basic constituents of proteins. |
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| ANTI-FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS |
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Substances that neutralize negative effects of free radicals produced during chemical reactions. |
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| ANTIOXIDANTS |
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Substances that inhibit oxidation or reactions promoted by oxygen or peroxides. |
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| ASTRINGENTS |
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Substances able or tending to shrink body tissues. |
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| ATROPHY |
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Decrease in size or wasting away of a bodily part or tissue. |
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| ATTACHMENT MATRIX FACTORS |
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Substances that promotes cell adhesion. |
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| BACTERICIDE EFFECT |
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Destroying bacteria. |
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| BACTERIOSTATICS |
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Agents inhibiting (stopping) the growth of bacteria. |
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| BIOFLAVONOIDS |
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Bioactive substances derived from natural sources and having strong antioxidant effects. |
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| BLACKHEADS |
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Small oily masses plugging the outlet of a skin gland. They look like small black spots on the surface of the nose, forehead, chin, and face. |
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| BLEMISHES |
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Imperfections on the skin surface also known as ?break outs?, ?zits?, and ?pimples?. Blackheads, whiteheads, and comedos characterize blemishes. |
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| CALLUS |
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A hard thickened area on skin. |
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| CELLDIRECTTM DELIVERY SYSTEM |
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BioNova's novel delivery system, which is imitation of a Human Cell Membrane |
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| CHELIOSES |
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Severe skin dryness. |
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| CLEANSERS |
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Agents cleaning the surface of the skin. |
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| COENZYME |
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A non-protein substance (as a vitamin) closely associated with an enzyme and essential for its normal function. |
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| COLLAGEN |
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An insoluble fibrous protein that occurs as the chief constituent of connective tissue fibrils. |
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| COMEDONES |
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Relatively big size, deeper located oily masses, plugging the outlet of a skin gland, often inflamed. |
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| CORN |
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Hardening of the skin at certain areas experiencing constant pressure or rubbing. |
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| CRACK |
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A narrow skin break or opening. |
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| DEPLETION |
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To exhaust especially of strength or resources. |
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| DERMATITIS |
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Skin inflammation. |
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| DERMIS |
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The sensitive vascular inner layer of the skin - called also corium, cutis. |
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| DILATION |
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Redaction of the tonus, mode. |
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| ELASTIN |
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A protein that is the chief constituent of elastic fibers. |
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| ENDOGEN |
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Endogenous. Caused or produced by factors inside the organism. |
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| ENDOGENOUS |
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Produced or synthesized within the organism or system |
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| ENZYME |
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Any of numerous complex proteins produced by living cells that induce or accelerate biochemical reactions without being permanently altered. |
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| ERUPTION |
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Break out with or as if with a skin rash. |
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| ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS |
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Most important (indispensable) amino acids. |
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| FIBRONECTIN |
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Substance that promote cellular adhesion and migration. |
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| FISSURE |
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A narrow opening or cracks on the surface of the skin. |
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| GLYCOLIPIDS |
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Bioactive lipids that contain a carbohydrate radical. |
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| GLYCOPROTEINS |
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Bioactive conjugated proteins in which the non-protein group is a carbohydrate. |
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| GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS (MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDES) |
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Group of bioactive polysaccharides derived from an amino hexose that is constituents of mucoproteins, glycoproteins. |
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| HORMONES |
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Products of living cells that circulate in body fluids and produce specific effects on the activity of cells; usually hormones are the secretion of endocrine glands. |
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| INTERLEIKINS |
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Substances involved in multiple cellular processes, including inflammation. |
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| INTRACELLULAR TRANSMITTERS |
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Compounds providing passage (transmission) of biochemical reactions inside the cell. |
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| KERATOLITIC AGENTS |
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Substances that produce destruction of various sulfur-containing fibrous proteins that form the chemical basis of horny epidermal tissues (as hair and nails). |
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| LIPOLITIC AGENTS |
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Compounds that causes chemical decomposition of fat tissue. |
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| LIPOPROTEINS |
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Large class of proteins combined with fatty substances. |
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| MACERATION |
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Soften and wear away of the skin especially as a result of being wetted or steeped. |
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| MULTIFUNCTIONAL |
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Having many, multiple, more than one function. |
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| NUCLEIC ACIDS |
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Various complex organic acids (as DNA; RNA) found especially in cell nuclei. Five nucleic acids participate in DNA and RNA building process: Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine, Guanine, and Uracil |
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| OLIGOPEPTIDES |
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Short chain peptides that contain a few amino acids. |
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| OOZE |
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To pass or flow slowly through small openings or interstices. |
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| PEPTIDE |
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Bioactive substances close to proteins. Various amides that are derived from two or more amino acids by combination of the amino group of one acid with the carboxyl group of another and are usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of proteins. |
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| PERIORAL AREA |
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Area around, through or by way of the mouth. |
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| PH |
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A measure of acidity and alkalinity of a solution that is a number on a scale on which a value of 7.0 represents neutrality and lower numbers indicate increasing acidity and higher numbers increasing alkalinity. |
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| PIMPLE |
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A small inflamed swelling on the skin often containing pus. |
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| POLYPEPTIDES |
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A long chain of amino acids. |
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| RE-ABSORPTION |
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A process of absorption back. |
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| SEBACEOUS GLANDS |
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Skin glands producing natural skin lubrication. |
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| SKIN PORES |
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Tiny openings on the surface of the skin, which allow the passage of substances in and out. Usually, but not always, people with dry skin have small pores, and people with oily skin have large pores. |
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| SKIN SCALING |
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The skin tending to flake. |
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| STASIS |
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A slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semi-fluid. |
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| STEROLS |
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Any of various solid steroid alcohols (as cholesterol) widely distributed in animal and plant lipids. |
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| STRUCTURAL PROTEINS |
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Any of the proteins constituting connective tissue. |
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| SUPERFICIAL |
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Of or relating to a surface of the skin. |
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| SYNTHESIS |
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The production of a substance by union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds. |
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| TOPICAL APPLICATION |
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Designed for local application and action, usually on the surface of the skin. |
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| TRANSEPIDERMAL WATER LOSS |
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Loss of water through the superficial layer of the skin. |
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| TRIGGERING SUBSTANCES |
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Substances initiating, actuating, or activating biochemical reactions in cells. |
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| ULCER |
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An eroded sore often-discharging pus. |
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| VERMILION SURFACE |
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A bright red area on the surface of the skin. |
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| VESICULATION |
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Formation of vesicle-like structure. |
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| VITAMINS |
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Any of various organic substances that are essential in tiny amounts to most animals and some plants and are mostly obtained from foods. |
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| WATER RETENTION |
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The ability to retain (hold) water back into the tissue or cell. |
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| WHITEHEADS (MILIUM) |
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Small whitish lumps in the skin due to retention of keratin in an oil gland duct. |
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| WRINKLES |
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Changes related to aging cause transformation of structural proteins in deep layers of the skin. This promotes linear prominences, folds, and wrinkles on the skin surface of the skin. |
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