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We offer a range of efficacy tests to enhance product development and claim support for ingredients and formulations. This page lists a few of our most commonly used efficacy tests. We also work with our clients to provide bespoke solutions for in vitro claim support work.
ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITY
- OxiSelectTM method
- Measures anti-oxidant activity relative to controls
- Human dermal fibroblasts and / or human epidermal keratinocytes
- Animal product-free test conditions
COLLAGEN EXPRESSION
- ELISA method
- Measures collagen expression relative to controls
- Human dermal fibroblasts
- Animal product-free test conditions
MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE (MMP) EXPRESSION
- ELISA method
- Measures MMP expression relative to controls
- Human dermal fibroblasts
- Animal product-free test conditions
MILDNESS
- ET50 method
- Reconstructed human skin and eye models
- Measures cellular damage in the epithelium
- Classifies in rank order of mildness compared with benchmarks
- Suitable for ingredients and formulations