Licorice Extract
INCI
Licorice Extract
ORIGIN
Biological. Licorice extract is extracted from the root of its plant that is grown in Asia, Mediterranean countries and North Africa.
SOUL OF THE ESSENCE
Natural cosmetics. Licorice root contains a wide variety of phyto-components, vitamin C, flavonoids, and hydroquinone. It is the essence along with ginseng with the longest use in traditional Chinese medicine.
BENEFITS
To offer you an effective cosmetic at EZENTIA we have decided to use this active essence due its following properties:
- Anti-aging. Its content in vitamin C, flavonoids and saponosides act as powerful antioxidants that fight anti-aging.
- Protector of the skin. Thanks to its content of betulinic acid, it acts as an anti-inflammatory, which means that it is indicated for dermal diseases such as eczema, psoriasis and dry skin and protects from ultraviolet radiation.
- Anti-spot. Its content in hydroquinone, helps the skin blemishes disappear and inhibits the effects of the tyrosinase enzyme that is responsible for skin pigmentation.
- Moisturizing. It favors the hydric level of the dermis from the inside, which keeps the skin elastic and smooth for much longer.
COSMECEUTICAL REFERENCES
Rakhmini, A., et al. Comparison of 10%, 20% and 40% licorice extract cream as skin lightening agent.
Ciganovic, P., et al. Glycerolic Licorice Extracts as Active Cosmeceutical Ingredients: Extraction Optimization, Chemical Characterization, and Biological Activity.
Zadeh, J.L:, et al. Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra Linn) As a Valuable Medicinal Plant
Bauman, L. Chapter 67: Licorice Extract in Book: Cosmetics and Cosmoceuticals.
