Description

Argania spinosa seedcake extract is the product obtained by conventional extraction methods, which can be: solid-liquid extraction with continuous reflux, which is carried out in a Soxhlet extractor, maceration with movement, percolation, re-percolation, diacolation.

Substances contained
Tocopherols, oleic acid, campesterol, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid, myristic acid, ferulic acid, triterpenoids, saponins. Of these components, many exert antioxidant activity.

Safety
Ingredient considered safe.

What it is used for and where
Argania spinosa L.Skeels, is a large tree native to south-western Morocco, belonging to the Sapotaceae family and the genus Argania. It is usually about 8 metres high, but can reach, under favourable soil and climate conditions, 20 metres with a trunk diameter of 1 metre. The fruits are oval, the size of a walnut, green or bright yellow and are used to feed cattle, sheep and goats. In 2014, UNESCO declared this tree to be on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Not only the leaves are used for extracts, but also the root, stem, flower and fruit.

Cosmetics
Humectant. Hygroscopic compound used to minimise water loss in the skin and to prevent it from drying out by facilitating faster and greater absorption of water into the stratum corneum of the epidermis. The epidermis is the most superficial of the three layers that make up human skin (epidermis, dermis and hypodermis) and is the layer that maintains hydration in all three layers. In turn, the epidermis is composed of five layers: horny, the most superficial, granular, spinous, shiny, and basal. Humectants have the ability to retain the water they attract from the air in the stratum corneum and have the function of moisturising the skin. They are best used before emollients, which are oil-based.
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