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Pol J Cosmetol 2018, 21(2): 114-120pl  Land snails as a potential source of raw materials in cosmetology and dermatologyMaria Dankowiakowska, Beata W. Domagalska Wydział Kosmetologii, Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa Kosmetyki i Pielęgnacji Zdrowia w Warszawie Summary Snails are the most abundant representatives of the mollusc class. Due to the composition of their secretions as well as the organisms themselves, they are used in the food and cosmetics industry. For cosmetic products in the EU, snail cosmetic products have been approved such as: Snail Secretion Filtrate, Snail Egg Extract, Snail Extract, Hydrolyzed Snail Body Extract, Saccharomyces/Snail Secretion Filtrate Ferment Filtrate. Snail cosmetic raw materials include active ingredients such as collagen, elastin, allantoin, glycolic acid as well as mucins and glycosaminoglycans. The literature also shows that raw materials from snails exhibit documented moisturaizing and antiradical properties used in antiage cosmetics. Key words: Helix aspersa Müller, snail secretion, snail eggs, Snail Secretion Filtrate, Snail Egg Extract, Snail extract |