FEATURE ARTICLES

Pam Jones - Special Correspondent and Kunio Shimada - NOF Corporation

Participants of the recent IFSCC Congress, held at the Osaka International Convention Centre (OICC) in Japan, enjoyed an unforgettable three days - both professionally and socially - as Personal Care correspondents reveal.

Alexei Sheptitsky - DDF (Australia)

The study of microorganisms' sensitiveness to subcritical CO2-extracts is completely defensible because the method of extraction of chemical ingredients from vegetative raw material by fluid CO2 produces a different spectrum of components compared to other common technological methods.

Fred Zülli and Esther Belser - Mibelle, Switzerland

When it comes to love we are all at the mercy of biochemical reactions in our body. Hormones such as phenylethylamine, oxytocin, dopamine, serotonin and endorphin play an import role in our behaviour. These "love hormones" control to a large extent our feelings such as happiness, excitement and the desire for sex.