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Eggplant Fruit Extract

Solanum Melongena (Eggplant) Fruit Extract · Solanum Melongena Fruit ExtractAntioxidant

Eggplant extract. Lab and food studies show its purple pigment acts as an antioxidant; tests on skin are limited.

What it does

Its antioxidants are mainly nasunin, the pigment that makes eggplant purple, plus chlorogenic acid. It shows up in brightening and antioxidant products, and it doesn’t tint them purple. Lab and food studies back the antioxidant effect; tests on skin are limited.

The EU’s ingredient database lists it as a skin conditioner, its general term for an ingredient that keeps skin in good condition.European Commission, CosIng (© European Union, CC BY 4.0) · uses put in plain words by Drop ↗

The evidence, graded

emergingKim et al. (2025), at Hanyang University and a Korean government crop institute, tested eggplant extracts against 2-nonenal, a compound that builds up with age and causes age-related body odor. In skin cells, the fruit extract lowered the free radicals 2-nonenal raised and limited damage to the cells' fats. The fruit had the strongest antioxidant activity of the plant's parts. It was not tested on people.Kim 2025 · Molecules ↗

Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.

Also known as

aubergine extract, eggplant extract, solanum melongena

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