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Eclipta Prostrata Extract
Eclipta Prostrata Extract · Eclipta Prostrata Leaf ExtractSoothing
A plant extract from bhringraj leaves, used in skin and scalp products that aim to calm irritation.
What it does
Used in products meant to calm irritated skin and scalp. In the one study Drop has read, the extract was tested only in test tubes and cell dishes. It reduced a heat-damage marker used as an inflammation test, and it slowed a skin bacterium. Nothing was tested on skin.
The evidence, graded
emergingThe one eclipta study Drop has read made a cream from the leaf extract but did not test it on skin. Its anti-inflammatory result is a test-tube assay: the extract stopped egg protein from breaking down under heat, 93% on its own and 99% mixed with the drug diclofenac. It was not toxic to cells and slowed a skin bacterium. The eczema result in mice that the paper describes comes from an earlier study it cites.Poyil 2024 · Life (Basel) ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
bhringraj extract, false daisy extract, Eclipta alba extract
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