USE OF POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT, COMPOSITION ON BASIS OF POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT AND METHOD OF APPLICATION OF THE POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT

The present invention relates to the use of the Pothomorphe umbellata extract to prepare dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer. It also refers to der mocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for treatment and/or prevention of such photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer prepared on basis of the defined extract. In addition, it provides a method of application of the dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions prepared on the basis of the extract of this plant, in way to treat and/or prevent the damage caused to the skin by the excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun and to artificial tanning lamps.