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Chinese Wolfberry Extract

Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract

Wolfberry fruit extract, listed in the EU as an antioxidant.

What it does

Lycium chinense is a close relative of the better-known goji berry, and its red fruit carries sugars and carotenoid pigments. In the EU’s list, an antioxidant is there to slow the formula from going off in air.

The EU’s ingredient database lists it as an antioxidant (slows reactions with oxygen, like going rancid).European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗

Also known as

chinese boxthorn extract

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