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Centella Asiatica Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
Centella Asiatica Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract
An extract from the above-ground parts of centella (gotu kola). Little research tests it on its own.
What it does
The EU lists this flower, leaf and stem extract as a skin conditioner.
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 (2023) judged 9 ingredients from Centella asiatica safe as used, in products made not to cause allergy. Centella asiatica flower/leaf/stem extract is one. A cleanser with 0.01% of it, diluted to 0.0003% for the test, didn’t irritate or cause allergy in 112 people. The reviewers were concerned that plant compounds in centella could cause allergy, so they asked makers to keep them below levels that may.Johnson 2023 · International Journal of Toxicology ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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