Ingredient Details - Milk Thistle

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Ingredient Details - Milk Thistle
INCI - Silybum Marianum Seed Extract
Function: Active
CAS #: 84604-20-6
EC #: 283-298-7
Description:

Milk thistle provides soothing, reparative benefits when applied to skin. The importantance of the milk thistle in skin care comes from its polyphenols, carotenoids, saponins/triterpenoids, and ascorbic acid.

Silymarin and other compounds in this seed oil can help inhibit destructive enzymes in skin’s uppermost layers that would otherwise damage collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid, leading to visibly aged skin

References: CosIng, FDA, PubMed-1, PubMed-2