Post on 13 DCE 2023 / Nancy Xie

What are the skincare effects and effects of ginseng extract?

Panax ginseng C. A Meyer has a history of over 4000 years as a medicinal plant and has been regarded as a superior nutritional supplement since ancient times. Ginsenoside is the main active ingredient of ginseng, and research on ginsenosides at home and abroad mostly focuses on ginseng roots. Ginseng extract is extracted and refined from the roots, stems, and leaves of Panax ginseng, a plant of the Araliaceae family. It is rich in eighteen types of ginsenosides, soluble in water at 80 ° C, and easily soluble in ethanol. Applied in the beauty and cosmetics industry, it can be formulated into cosmetics that can remove spots, reduce wrinkles, activate skin cells, and enhance skin elasticity. So, specifically, what are the skincare benefits and effects of ginseng extract?

Due to the presence of various ginsenosides, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals in ginseng, it can promote blood circulation in subcutaneous capillaries, increase skin nutrition supply, prevent arteriosclerosis, and regulate skin water balance when added to skincare products. So it can delay skin aging, prevent skin dryness and dehydration, increase skin elasticity, thereby protecting skin radiance and softness, preventing and reducing skin wrinkles. Ginseng active substances also have the ability to inhibit the reduction of melanin, making the skin white and smooth. Research has shown that most ginsenosides have significant antioxidant effects. Currently, ginsenosides as an antioxidant active substance have been applied in fields such as food, medicine, and cosmetics.

The whitening and skincare effects of ginseng extract

Arbutin in ginseng is a tyrosinase inhibitor. Low concentrations can inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, block the synthesis of dopamine and dopaquinone, and thus inhibit the generation of black. The specific mechanism is to compete with L-tyrosine in the active site of tyrosinase, thereby inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase. Through experimental research, it has been found that ginsenoside Rb1 has an effect on the proliferation of mushroom tyrosinase and B16 melanocytes in vitro. Rb1 has a promoting effect on the proliferation of B16 melanocytes at low doses, and an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of B16 melanocytes at high doses; It has no effect on the activity of tyrosinase in vitro, so it can achieve the effect of whitening and lightening spots by inhibiting melanin.

In addition, the skincare benefits of ginseng extract include:

1. Remove wrinkles and delay skin aging:

Ginseng has nourishing and anti-aging effects, which can increase the activity of superoxide dismutase in the body and skin epidermal cells, enhance the elimination of active oxidative free radicals, prevent the production of harmful substances in the body, improve metabolism, reduce or eliminate lipofuscin that has already been produced and accumulated in the body. It can directly and quickly act on dermal cells (germinal layer cells), efficiently and quickly repair fibrous cells, promote collagen elastin production, Maintaining cellular youthfulness for a long time, soothing deep wrinkles or fine lines, restoring skin elasticity, and delaying skin aging;

2. Hydrate and moisturize, shrink pores:

It can replenish water and moisturize. The essence of ginseng extract can quickly penetrate into the inner layer of the skin, help repair the cuticle of the skin, combine free free water in its net, make free water become combined water and not easy to evaporate, so as to achieve the moisturizing effect. Simultaneously improving the secretion of water and oil can gradually shrink pores and restore nature.