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Glyceryl Linoleate
Glyceryl LinoleateBarrier
Softens skin and helps oil and water stay mixed.
What it does
It’s glycerin joined to linoleic acid, a fatty acid found in many plant oils.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2020) assessed 44 monoglyceryl monoesters, made from glycerin and mostly fatty acids, whose most common job is conditioning skin. Their index lists glyceryl behenate, glyceryl oleate and glyceryl undecylenate under that report, their conclusion names glyceryl isostearate and glyceryl linoleate, and they judged all 44 safe as used. Glyceryl behenate’s relative tribehenin is in their triglycerides report, which judged all 51 safe as used in 2022.Fiume 2020 · 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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