A sugar-based ingredient that can make skin feel soft and hydrated.
Soothing
Soothing
Soothing ingredients reduce the signs of sensitivity in irritated and inflamed skin. This includes anti-inflammatory ingredients, anti-itch agents, and topical analgesics.
Soothing
Soothing ingredients reduce the signs of sensitivity in irritated and inflamed skin. This includes anti-inflammatory ingredients, anti-itch agents, and topical analgesics.
Other functions
Emollient
Emollient
Emollients fill the micro-cracks in the skin and leave it feeling soft and pleasant to the touch. Emollients are often mistakenly perceived as moisturizing ingredients.
Emollient
Emollient
Emollients fill the micro-cracks in the skin and leave it feeling soft and pleasant to the touch. Emollients are often mistakenly perceived as moisturizing ingredients.
Raffinose is a natural trisaccharide (consisting of glucose, fructose, and galactose) originating from some legumes such as lentils, peas, and beans.
In skincare it is used similarly to other oligosaccharides - to help with the moisture retention and as an emollient, leaving the skin feeling soft and smooth.
Additionally, Raffinose may have some protective and soothing effect on the skin (but these have been so far only researched in test tubes).
Science
1
Na, T. Y., et al. (2017). The trisaccharide raffinose modulates epidermal differentiation through activation of liver X receptor. Scientific reports, 7, 43823.
2
Lin, S., Li, L., Li, M., Ma, Y., Gu, H., & Chen, X. (2019). Raffinose increases autophagy and reduces cell death in UVB-irradiated keratinocytes. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 111653.
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