What are the benefits and applications of Rhodiola rosea extract in cosmetics?
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- August 30, 2024
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What is Rhodiola rosea?
The plant is called Rhodiola rosea.
The roots and underground stems (rhizomes) of the plant have been used in traditional medical practices in Eastern and Northern Europe and parts of Asia.
It also has many nicknames, including Arctic Root, Golden Root, Orpin Rose, Rose Root, rosewort, and Siberian Golden Root.
Extracts of plant roots and rhizomes are dried and dissolved in alcohol to prepare medicinal compounds. The main pharmacodynamic components of Rhodiola rosea are Rhodiola rosea and its aglycones tyrosol, gallic acid and its glycosides, flavonoids, oxalic and its glycosides, etc. Among them, tyrosol and salidroside are the main active components of Rhodiola rosea.
What are the side effects of Rhodiola?
- Rhodiola rosea can cause dizziness, dry mouth, and/or excessive salivation.
- It may stimulate the immune system, which may aggravate autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
What are the benefits of Rhodiola rosea extract?
Rhodiola rosea extract contains many functional components such as Rhodiola rosea side, tyrosol, and ketone. Due to the high content of phenolic components, Rhodiola rosea root shows strong and broad-spectrum antioxidant properties, and can be used as an antioxidant, with anti-aging effects; It has a certain inhibitory effect on tyrosinase, indicating that it has a whitening effect; It can also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent and a moisturizing agent. Rhodiola rosea extract, a main role in cosmetics and skin care products as an antioxidant, skin conditioner, whitening, and freckle, the risk coefficient is 1, relatively safe, can be assured to use, and generally has no impact on pregnant women, Rhodiola Rosea extract does not cause acne.
What are the applications of Rhodiola rosea extract in cosmetics?
- Rhodiola rosea extract is anti-aging.
Rhodiola rosea can stimulate fibroblasts in the dermis, promote the division of fibroblasts, their synthesis, and secretion of collagen, and also secrete collagenase to decompose original collagen, but the total secretion is greater than the decomposition amount. Collagen is composed of collagen fibers outside the cell, and the increased content of collagen fibers indicates that Rhodiola Rosea has certain anti-aging effects on the skin.
- Salidroside whitening.
By inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase and reducing its catalytic speed, Rhodiola rosea extract can reduce the production of skin melanin, improve skin pigmentation, and achieve a skin-whitening effect.
- Salidroside sunscreen.
Rhodiola rosea extract has a protective effect on cells, and its protective effect is stronger under light conditions because Rhodiola rosea absorbs light energy and converts light energy into energy that is non-toxic to cells, thus protecting cells. Salidroside can obviously inhibit the increase of inflammatory cytokines caused by ultraviolet radiation and has an obvious protective effect on skin damage caused by ultraviolet radiation.
