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Epilobium Fleischeri Extract

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Epilobium Fleischeri Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Epilobium fleischeri, Onagraceae

Purpose

Also known as Alpine willowherb, this plant extract has documented skin-calming and antioxidant benefits.

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Category

Plant Extracts, Antioxidant

INCI Purpose

SKIN CONDITIONING

Benefits

Soothing — Calms redness, irritation, and inflammation for sensitive skin

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Epilobium fleischeri extract, also known as Alpine willowherb, is a plant extract that has documented skin-calming and antioxidant benefits, largely from its impressive mix of polyphenols. Although some of the information around this plant is more folklore than fact, isolated compounds (chiefly a class of polyphenols known as flavonoids) from this plant have been extensively studied and proven to be helpful when applied to skin.

See: Epilobium Angustifolium Extract, Epilobium Fleischeri (Willowherb) Extract, Willow Herb

References

Phytotherapy Research, July 2018, pages 1, 220-1, 240; and August 2016, pages 1, 287-1, 297 Journal of Ethnopharmacology, October 2014, pages 316-346 Journal of Plant Ecology, September 2008, pa