The Gattefossé analysis group continues to discover the beauty potential of sea buckthorn leaves (Hippophae rhamnoides), a thorny shrub whose vitamin C-, flavonoid-, and anthocyanin-rich fruits have lengthy been valued in meals and pure medication.
Excessive biomolecular curiosity
In 2024, the French supplier of pure energetic substances introduced Eyeglorius [1], an oil-soluble bioactive devoted to anti-fatigue skincare and make-up formulation and obtained through supercritical CO2 extraction from under-exploited sea buckthorn leaves.
Contemplating the outstanding phytochemical richness of the shrub, with an abundance of phenolic acids, lipophilic compounds, nutritional vitamins, and natural acids, Gattefossé used totally different extraction applied sciences to harness the complete potential of this uncooked materials.
Only one yr after this primary launch, sea buckthorn’s excessive organic potential results in a second upcycled energetic ingredient.
Defending pores and skin in opposition to environmental stress
Named Noxifense, this 100% pure energetic ingredient ensures a holistic strategy to pores and skin sensitivity care, by strengthening the pores and skin’s protection mechanisms in opposition to environmental stress.
In response to Gattefossé, it attracts on the emergent idea of “oxi-inflammation,” the dangerous interaction between oxidative stress and irritation. “Its soothing results are achieved by a finely tuned course of concentrating on particular households of flavonoids, that are of excessive curiosity for his or her antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties.”
Noxifense is at present being previewed on the PCHI present, in Guangzhou, China (February 19 to 21).
Secured provide in Quebec, Canada
To extract these two bioactives from sea buckthorn leaves, Gattefossé labored to safe the availability of the plant from Quebec, Canada. The useful resource comes from a family-owned orchard devoted to rising the shrub in natural situations and remodeling its berries into meals merchandise.
Each September, the fruit-bearing branches are manually lower, permitting for tree pruning. The leaves are separated from the fruits which will likely be reworked into juices, sorbets, or jams.
For its half, Gattefossé recovers the leaves to upcycle this materials which was under-exploitd earlier than that.
“In addition to implementing a waste administration system, we’re additionally working with the notion of upcycling. Wastes’ restoration is absolutely built-in proper from the earliest levels of improvement. This strategy has even been bolstered throughout the final years with a number of tasks underway primarily based on upcycling, as a supply of future sustainable, accountable and efficient merchandise,” says Laurent Schubnel, Group CSR Chief at Gattefossé.
