Product Introduction | Anti aging Skincare Raw Material - Retinal
01. Introduction to Retinal
In recent years, the "beauty economy" has gained popularity. Driven by the "early C, late A" skincare concept, vitamin A-based skincare products have been highly favored by consumers. The vitamin A family (retinoids) can stimulate skin cell regeneration, promote collagen production, and offer benefits such as skin repair, whitening and brightening, anti-aging, and anti-acne effects, making it suitable for all skin types. Retinal (retinaldehyde) is a type of retinoid, also known as A aldehyde. It can be reduced to retinol or oxidized to retinoic acid. The order of efficacy from low to high is: retinyl ester → retinol → retinal → retinoic acid, with retinoic acid being the only directly active form. However, retinoic acid is highly irritating, whereas retinol and retinal can be converted to retinoic acid on the skin surface, offering relatively lower irritation and better skin tolerance.
02. Product advantages of retinal compared to retinol
- The conversion efficiency of retinal is 11 times that of retinol
- Retinal is less irritating to the skin
- Retinal has a direct antibacterial effect
- Retinal promotes collagen production faster than retinol
03. Retinal market
It is predicted that the global market for vitamin A products will steadily grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.5% over the ten-year period from 2024 to 2034, with its total market value expected to climb from $1.63 billion to $3.05 billion（https://www.futuremarketinsights.com/reports/retinoids-market）Based on the product advantages described in the article, retinal skincare products have great potential.
04. Our Technology
Retinal is more difficult to synthesize compared to other members of the retinoid family, which is why retinol is currently the most commonly used form in cosmetics. OsBio has a mature biosynthetic system that can be synthesized using enzymatic or whole cell methods, making it more friendly to human skin compared to chemical synthesis. According to the identification of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technology, the team has prepared retinal using a biosynthetic method, which has extremely high purity and is an ideal raw material for skincare products.
