USE OF A POTHOMOROUS UMBELLATA EXTRACT AND POTHOMOROUS UMBELLATA EXTRACT BASED YELLOW COMPOSITION.

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of the Pothomorphe umbellata extract to prepare dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer. It also refers to dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for treatment and/or prevention of such photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer prepared on basis of the defined extract. In addition, it provides a method of application of the dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions prepared on the basis of the extract of this plant, in way to treat and/or prevent the damage caused to the skin by the excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun and to artificial tanning lamps.