Sunflower oil meal is one of the abundantly available by-product outcome of the sunflower edible oil separation industry. Sunflower meal has a very low economic value despite being a natural available source of skincare beneficial antioxidants. In this study the main objective was extraction of antioxidant, purification of antioxidant by column chromatography and then utilizing it to formulate antioxidant rich skincare cosmeceutical product. Cosmeceutical product formulated will not only nourish the skin but also make it healthy due to the antioxidants present. LCMS analysis of the Ethanol extract confirms the predominant phenol compound was chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid, various phenolic acids were also identified. DPPH study suggests the extracted antioxidant has good radical scavenging activity 54.64%. An important study estimated benefit of developed cosmeceutical formulation was the quality assurance of the skincare cream by deciding the chemical, physical, subjective clinical trials and pharmacological characteristics.
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