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Malachite Extract
Malachite ExtractAntioxidant
An extract of the copper mineral malachite, sold as an antioxidant; how much it does on skin is not well studied.
What it does
It’s used as an antioxidant and a source of trace copper, which skin uses in the enzymes that build collagen and elastin. Malachite is a green copper mineral. Trials of the extract on skin are limited; the case for it rests mostly on copper’s known role in skin.
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 ↗
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