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Pomegranate Extract
Punica Granatum Fruit Extract · Punica Granatum Seed OilAntioxidant
A pomegranate fruit extract. On skin, one 11-person study found a change in redness and pigment.
What it does
It’s an extract of pomegranate fruit. On skin, all the evidence so far comes from one very small study, so it’s too early to know what it does.
The evidence, graded
moderateParveen et al. (2014): 11 volunteers applied a microemulsion containing Punica granatum extract to one side of the face and a placebo microemulsion without extract to the other for 12 weeks. The active formulation showed a significant impact on skin erythema and melanin (p < 0.05).Parveen 2014 · Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
Also known as
punica granatum
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