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Ginkgo Biloba Extract
Ginkgo Biloba Leaf ExtractAntioxidant
A leaf extract with antioxidant activity in lab tests. A supporting ingredient in eye serums rather than the main one.
What it does
Evidence on skin is moderate, so it plays a supporting role in eye creams and serums rather than doing the main work.
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 (2024) assessed 10 ginkgo ingredients, used mostly to condition skin or as antioxidants. Ginkgolic acid, found in ginkgo, is a known skin allergen. Patch tests of products with up to 0.2% leaf extract found no allergy. They judged ginkgo leaf extract and 4 other leaf ingredients safe as used in products made not to cause allergy. For the other 5, they had too little data.Burnett 2024 · 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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