Green clay is composed of several elements capable of inducing
lipolysis and it is also a low cost, easily accessible material. In addition
to magnesium, calcium is another green clay component. An increase in
extracellular calcium concentration leads to an augmented enzymatic
activity and promotes a reduction of calcitriol, leading to lipolysis (Soma
et al., 2003; Zemel et al., 2005). In fact, for Laudánska et al. (2002) human
skin appears to be permeable to Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions, suggesting the
possibility of skin penetration by these two components. Moreover, the
aluminum present in clay exerts its action only in the presence of certain lipolysis enzymes,modifying themand promoting the enzyme-substrate
recognition