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Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract
Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract · Nelumbium Speciosum Flower ExtractSoothing
Lotus extract — one small trial of a lab-grown lotus cell extract found slight lightening; the flower extract itself is untested.
What it does
It’s used as a soothing and brightening plant extract, but the one lotus study behind it didn’t test the flower extract. It used an extract of lotus cells grown in a lab. Its antioxidant and calming reputation wasn’t tested.
The evidence, graded
strongThe one lotus study Drop has read tested a callus extract, made from lotus cells grown in a lab from seedling leaves. It did not test the flower extract on labels. In 21 women, the face half given a cream with 1% of it measured slightly lower in melanin than the placebo half at 6 and 8 weeks. In mouse pigment cells it turned down two pigment genes. Its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory claims come from older lotus research; this study did not test them.Moon 2023 · Plants (Basel) ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
lotus flower extract, sacred lotus extract
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