Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Materials 0600-S2-ChAM-W-MFK

The lecture concerns the following:
1) History of pharmaceutical and cosmetic materials based on natural and synthetic products;
2) Skin and its components, hair and its componets, nails and their components; skin condition, the measurements of skin parameters;
3) Classes/functions of raw materials in cosmetic chemistry; cosmetic formulations and introduction to formulating;
4) Surface active agents; surfactants; anionic surfactants, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants; critical micelle concentration; HLB;
5) Emulsions: characterization of emulsion, emulsions oil in water and water in oil; stability of emulsion, methods of preparation, stability assessment, emulsifiers.
6) Skin moisturization: substances responsible for skin condition and proper moisturization, natural moisturazing factor, transepidermal water loss, emollients, humectants, film-forming compounds.
7) Preservatives, antioxidants and vitamins: their structure and function in cosmetic formulation.
8) Colour cosmetics: the process of vision of colours; structure of pigments and dyes, structure of pearl pigments; lakes preparation; application of dyes and pigments in cosmetic formulations.
9) Fragrances: the of sense of smell; the structutre of odour compounds; esters and essential oils in cosmetic formulations.
10) Sun protection: the interaction of solar light with skin; photoaging; compounds with sun protection ability; the action of sun screen and sun factors.
11) Cosmeceuticals: the difference between cosmetic and drug, the decription of cosmeceuticals; multifunctional cosmetics; the rules in pharmaceutical classification and cosmetic classification.
12) Pharmaceutical materials: raw materials for pharmaceutical products from natural sources and made by organic synthesis; oitments, dressings, hydrogels, tablets, susspensions, plasters, pastes, cements.
13) Biopolymers in skin, hair and nails and biopolymers for cosmetic formulations: structure and properties of collagen, chitosan, silk, elastin, keratin, hyaluronic acid, glucosoaminoglicanes.
14) Polymers as cosmetic ingredients: filmforming polymers and rheology modifiers (PVP, PVA, PEG, acrylic polymers) silocones, nitrocellulose.
15) Polymeric biomaterials; structure and properties of polymers used in medicime: Poly(vinyl chloride), Poly(methyl methacrylate), Poly(ethylene terephtalate), Polytetrafluoroethylene, Polyamides. Biodegradable polyesters. Biomaterials based on polymeric blends.

Total student workload

1. 30 hrs lecture, 30 hrs laboratory, all together 60 hrs contact with teacher, 2. 60 hrs indicidual work, 3. 60 hrs for preparation for the assessment, 4. Total time of student work is 120 hrs.

Learning outcomes - knowledge

The graduate has in-depth knowledge of main branches of chemistry, its development and significance to the progress in sciences and natural sciences as well as to the cognition and understanding of the world and human development.K_W01 The graduate has in-depth knowledge of a selected branch of chemistry, namely in cosmetic chemistry, .K_W02 The graduate has knowledge of synthesis and characteristics of inorganic and organic compounds, catalysts, adsorbents, carbon materials, natural and organometallic compounds, polymers, nanomaterials, and their practical use.K_W03

Learning outcomes - skills

The graduate is able to use and capitalise on in-depth knowledge covering main branches of chemistry and use it creatively within the range of their specialisation.K_U01 The graduate applies chemical knowledge to assess the possibility of carrying out a technological process, considering the selection of raw materials, production control and monitoring, waste disposal, and material balance calculations.K_U03 The graduate is able to plan and carry out an experiment as well as to analyse its results critically. The graduate is able to apply an exemplary software package for the statistical analysis of an experiment.K_U11

Learning outcomes - social competencies

The graduate is aware of their knowledge and its limitations and understands the need for lifelong learning. The graduate is able to undertake actions to extend and deepen the knowledge of cosmetic chemistry on their own.K_K01 The graduate knows legal, economic, environmental, and social aspects connected with the production of chemicals, use of bioenergy as well as industrial and municipal waste treatment. The graduate is aware of their responsibility for research and experiments undertaken. K_K04

Teaching methods

Lecture: Presentations, discussions, solve a problems, Laboratory course: student works in the lab.

Expository teaching methods

- informative (conventional) lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- laboratory

Type of course

elective course

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of general chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical and physical chemistry.

Course coordinators

Alina Sionkowska

Learning outcomes

As the effect students:
Characterize basic group of raw materials for cosmetic chemistry and pharmaceutical applications, use the appropriate nomenclature, characterize the way of production of raw materials, characterize types of formulation, recognize the properties based on the chemical stricture, describe ingredients of selected cosmetic formulations, characterize basic group of colorants, characterize basic group of odour compounds, characterize the way of production of the above compounds and formulating into cosmetic products, describe ingredients of selected cosmetic formulations, explain composition of simple skin care and hair care cosmetics, perfumes, and decorative cosmetics.

Assessment criteria

Exam/test

Practical placement

not applicable

Bibliography

[1] Randy Schueller and Perry Romanowski; Conditioning Agents for Hair and Skin, Marcel Dekker Inc. New York - Basel 1999.
[2] Randy Schueller and Perry Romanowski, Beginning Cosmetic Chemistry 3rd Edition.
[3] Natalia Michalun, Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary.
[4] Randy Schueller and Perry Romanowski; Multifunctional Cosmetics. Marcel Dekker Inc.
New York • Basel 2001.
[5] Amparo Salvador and Alberto Chisvert; Analysis of Cosmetic Products. Elsevier 2007.
[6] Peter Elsner and Howard I. Maibach; Cosmeceuticals - Drugs vs. Cosmetics. Marcel Dekker Inc. New York, Basel 2000.
[7] Zoe D. Draelos, Cosmeceuticals, Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co, 2008.
[8] Donald Cairns, Essential of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Second Edition.
[9] Severian Dumitriu, Polymeric Biomaterials, Second edition, Marcel Dekker Inc. New Your-Basel 2002
[10] Alina Sionkowska, Current research on the blends of natural and synthetic polymers: Review. Progress in Polymer Science, 2011; 36: 1254-1276.
[11] Lakshmi S. Nair, Laurencin T. Cato, Biodegradable polymers as biomaterials. Progress in Polymer Science, 2007; 32: 762-798.
[12] Michel Vert, Polymeric biomaterials: Strategies of the past vs. strategies of the future. Progress in Polymer Science, 2007; 32,: 755-761.
[13] B.L. Seal, T.C. Otero, A. Panitch, Polymeric biomaterials for tissue and organ regeneration. Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2001; 34: 147-230.

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