Elevated nitrogen fertilization differentially affects jojoba wax phytochemicals, fatty acids and fatty alcohols.

ABSTRACT: Jojoba wax is gaining popularity among cosmetics consumers for its skin wound healing and rejuvenation bioactivities, attributed to collagen and hyaluronic acid synthesis. However, information regarding wax phytochemical composition and quality parameters, as well as effect of cultivation practices, and fertilization in particular, on wax quality is limited. The aim of the current work was to study the effect of nitrogen (N) availability to jojoba plants on wax phytochemical composition and beneficial skin-related contents. For this, wax quality from a six-year fertilization experiment with five N application levels was evaluated. The chemical parameters included antioxidant activity, free fatty acid, total tocopherol, total phytosterol and oxidative stability, as well as fatty acid and fa

SUBMITTER: Tietel Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11310937 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature