Basf Beauty Care Solutions France S.a.s.

Boris Vogelgesang

Isabelle Bonnet

Vincent Bardey

Nicolas Pelletier

Anabelle Echard

The invention relates to the use of various extracts of theplant for increasing the firmness and/or elasticity of the skin and/or mucous membranes, by increasing type I and/or type V collagen and/or LOX-L, fibulin-5, emiline-1 and/or fibrillin-1 gene and/or protein expression, and/or by decreasing CYR61 expression, in the skin and mucous membranes. Another subject of the invention relates to the use of said extracts in a cosmetic composition comprising at least one cosmetically acceptable excipient. Another subject further relates to a cosmetic care method comprising the application of the extract according to the invention or of a cosmetic composition comprising it, for increasing the firmness and/or elasticity of the skin and/or mucous membranes, by increasing type I and/or type V collagen, fibrillin-1 and/or LOX-L, fibulin-5, emiline-1 and/or fibrillin-1 gene and/or protein expression, and/or by decreasing CYR61 expression, in the skin and mucous membranes. A final subject relates to anextract for use thereof, alone or in a dermatological or pharmaceutical composition, in the prevention and/or treatment of pathological conditions involving a loss of collagen protein and/or gene expression and/or a pathological loss of firmness of the skin and/or mucus membranes, such as rosacea and telangiectasia.

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Lyons, France

Boris Vogelgesang