TERMINALIA CHEBULA FRUIT EXTRACT
Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract is an extract prepared from the fruit of Terminalia chebula Retz., a species in the Combretaceae family. On an ingredient list, the name identifies a fruit extract rather than the whole fruit or one purified substance obtained from it.
TERMINALIA CHEBULA FRUIT EXTRACT: what it is
Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract is an extract prepared from the fruit of Terminalia chebula Retz., a species in the Combretaceae family. On an ingredient list, the name identifies a fruit extract rather than the whole fruit or one purified substance obtained from it.
The plant is also called chebulic myrobalan in English and haritaki in several Asian contexts. Those names help identify the species, but they do not make every plant-derived material interchangeable: fruit powder, fruit extract, and purified compounds are different materials.
TERMINALIA CHEBULA FRUIT EXTRACT: what it does in cosmetics
In cosmetics, Terminalia Chebula Fruit Extract is used to help keep the skin in good condition. For someone reading a label, that relates to the skin's appearance and feel after use; it is not the same as a treatment for a disease or a particular skin concern.
One eight-week volunteer study compared a water-in-oil cream containing 5% concentrated Terminalia chebula extract with the cream base. Because the study tested the finished formula, its findings cannot be assigned to the extract alone or used to predict how every product containing it will perform.
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