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Lysolecithin
Lysolecithin
A lecithin-based emulsifier that mixes more easily with water.
What it does
It’s lecithin with one of its two fatty chains removed, which makes it mix more easily with water.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2020) assessed 17 phosphoglycerides; their index lists phospholipids and lysolecithin under that report. They say these mainly condition skin and hair and help oil and water mix, at up to 50%. Phospholipids have effects inside the body, but the reviewers say putting phospholipid ingredients on skin does not reproduce them. They judged all 17 safe as used in cosmetics.Johnson 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.
Also known as
lysophosphatidylcholine
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