TABLE 3.

Dermal activities of selected unsaponifiable compounds; adopted from (Poljšak and Kočevar Glavač, 2021).

Unsaponifiable compound	Functioning
Phytol	Cytotoxic, autophagy- and apoptosis-inducing, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating, antioxidative, antimicrobial
Squalene	Antitumor, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antioxidative
Triterpene alcohols	Antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial
Phytosterols	Anti-inflammatory, antitumor, angiogenic, wound healing, antioxidative
Carotenoids	Antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative
Tocopherols and tocotrienols	Antioxidative
Flavonoids	Anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antioxidative
Ferulic acid	Antimelanogenesis, antioxidative, wound healing
Waxes	Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidative
Gamma oryzanol	Anti-inflammatory, antioxidative
Phospholipids	Wound healing