Opextan^® overview

A new way to help keep skin healthy and good looking comes from a new patented olive extract called Opextan^®.
Obtained from a selected variety of fresh olive fruits that are harvested by hand in Italy, this extract from the Mediterranean olive tree contains a series of powerful antioxidants. Among them verbascoside, a substance present only in the fruit (but not in the leaves) found to be five times as active as other known typical olive polyphenols.

Opextan^® has been clinically tested both for topical or oral application.
The biological activity of Opextan^® had been tested as follows:
• Decrease of skin sensitivity to UV irradiation by oral administration
• Improvement of oxidative stress in healthy volunteers by oral administration
• Reduction of lipid peroxidation by topical application

Opextan^® has turned out to have beneficial effects at skin level, where free radical mediated degeneration such as wrinkle formation, epidermal barrier disruption, etc may be effectively prevented. Clinical tests have proved that Opextan^®, used orally or topically, combats free radicals, makes the skin less sensitive to harmful UV radiation and protects it from UV damage.
It also helps prevent wrinkles.

The effectiveness of Opextan^® has been demonstrated both topically and by oral application, suggesting a global approach to maintain a healthy skin both internally and externally.

Finally the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA Panel) has recently stated that that protection of LDL particles from oxidative damage may be a beneficial physiological effect for the general European population and that at least 5 mg of hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives  are requested for the protection of LDL particles from oxidative damage, validating the epidemiological studies on olives and the last 20 years research on these polyphenols.

 

1. The Panel EFSA Journal 2011. 9(4): 2033 [25 pp.]. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.2033.