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Arnica Flower Extract
Arnica Montana Flower Extract
Arnica flower extract. US safety reviewers had too little data to judge it.
What it does
It’s an extract of the flowers of Arnica montana, a mountain plant in the daisy family. US safety reviewers had too little data to judge it in cosmetics.
The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a skin conditioner, its general term for an ingredient that keeps skin in good condition.European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2001) found too little data to support the safety of arnica extract, an extract of dried arnica flowerheads, in cosmetics. In clinical tests, arnica extracts didn’t irritate skin or cause allergy, yet a delayed skin allergy to arnica is reported in people who handle the flowers; it may come from compounds in them called sesquiterpene lactones. The reviewers asked for more data, including how much products use and what repeated use does to skin.Fiume 2001 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
arnica extract
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