Description

Hydrolyzed Nettle Leaf Extract is a product obtained from the seedling of the same name, the invasive herb called nettle.

What it is used for and where
Nettle (Urtica dioica) is a perennial herbaceous plant with urticating hairs, belonging to the Urticaceae family, the common Nettle, used in traditional medical medicine to control cardiovascular disorders and is one of the most studied medicinal herbs in scientific literature worldwide.
The leaf extract of nettle has an anti-diabetic effect and is used for cardiovascular therapy due to its bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, tri-terpenes, sterols, flavonoids and lectin, which reduce blood glucose levels with their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-hypertensive properties and can prevent many chronic and degenerative diseases. The efficacy of this edible plant with its stinging hairs has proved useful for its anti-haemorrhagic, analgesic, diuretic, nutritive, anti-asthmatic, astringent and depurative effects.

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Cosmetics
Hair conditioning agent. A large number of ingredients with specific purposes can co-exist in a hair shampoo: cleansers, conditioners, thickeners, mattifying agents, sequestering agents, fragrances, preservatives, special additives. However, the indispensable ingredients are the cleansers and conditioners as they are necessary and sufficient for hair cleansing and manageability. The others act as commercial and non-essential auxiliaries such as: appearance, fragrance, colouring, etc. Hair conditioning agents have the task of increasing shine, manageability and volume, and reducing static electricity, especially after treatments such as colouring, ironing, waving, drying and brushing. They are, in practice, dispersing agents that may contain cationic surfactants, thickeners, emollients, polymers. The typology of hair conditioners includes: intensive conditioners, instant conditioners, thickening conditioners, drying conditioners.

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.
Synonyms: EC number 281-685-5

CAS: 84012-40-8