✓ Enzyme activation of oils – a biocatalytic process capable of breaking down triglycerides in oils to their constituent parts (fatty acids and glycerides), releasing all the energy stored in vegetable oil. In nature, oils are one of the most effective forms of energy and carbon storage and possibly the first cosmetic ingredient ever used. As with plant germination, human cells are unable to directly absorb and metabolize triglycerides. When a cell in our body has a specific metabolic need related to triglycerides transported by plasma lipoproteins, these triglycerides must undergo an activation process catalyzed by specific enzymes. This process allows free fatty acids and glycerides to cross the cell membrane through active and passive transport mechanisms and be used in various metabolic pathways.

✓ Hyperfermentation – For thousands of years, fermentation has provided many crops with the means to transform food, increasing its nutritional value and facilitating its assimilation. This millennial know-how, typical of the Mediterranean area, combined with the latest biotechnologies, and in particular the Bioliquidation process, has led to the development of a new production process in which the phytocomplex naturally contained in the plant is enhanced by fermentation, transforming the inert mass in even more active ingredients.

✓ Extraction – Plant extracts are liquid preparations obtained from fresh or dried medicinal plants by appropriate physical extraction processes; these include the use of appropriate solvents and the use of maceration or permeation or other appropriate procedures. To ensure proper recovery of the substances, the plants must be ground to an appropriate degree of fragmentation, while the choice of solvent depends on the type of active ingredients to be extracted.

✓ Cold pressing – Mechanical extraction process, also known as expression or mechanical separation. Cold pressing helps maintain the integrity and potency of these oils, which offers greater health benefits. As the term implies, “cold pressing” does not involve the external application of heat. This is important because in some plants, high temperatures cause the breakdown of delicate molecules in oils, which can reduce health benefits.

✓ Stem cell extraction – The use of plant stem cells to create new active ingredients has a number of advantages over the more commonly used methods of obtaining plant extracts – fresh material is constantly available, which no longer depends on the season or environmental conditions; easy standardization, as each batch of product is of the same high quality and yield; the extracted compounds are safe and clean, as the cells are grown under sterile and controlled conditions, thus there is no risk of pathogens or environmental pollution; no agricultural land is exploited, less water consumption and less waste. Another advantage is flexibility: cells can be induced to produce higher levels of specific compounds of interest. Finally, in most cases, the extraction process is easier and does not take much time.