Botaneco is studying new approaches to evaluate the SPF of sun care products containing natural ingredients, such as oleosomes.   “Our goal is to find a simple, faster, more reliable in vitro method to verify the SPF of formulas containing organic UV filters and natural ingredients,” said Soo In Yang, research scientist, Botaneco. “Whatever assay is adopted in the laboratory must be reproducible with the US FDA in vivo protocol. One such test method involves spectrophotometrics, the quan...