An extract derived from soft sea corals called sea fans or sea whips. It allegedly contains some anti-inflammatory terpenoid compounds.
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.
Origin
Animal
Animal
Ingredients derived from animals (including birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and insects) or produced by animals (e.g. dairy- and egg-derived ingredients, bee products, silk, pearls, etc.)
Animal
Animal
Ingredients derived from animals (including birds, fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and insects) or produced by animals (e.g. dairy- and egg-derived ingredients, bee products, silk, pearls, etc.)
Sea whip extract is an extract obtained from soft sea corals from the family of Alcyonacea, formerly known as Gorgonians, commonly called sea fans or sea whips.
According to the patent holder, sea whip extract is anti-inflammatory and able to reduce redness, inflammation, and the appearance of dilated veins in the skin. The patent holder states that this claim is not bound to any scientific theory, however, and so we cannot be sure of these claims.
The research regarding Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae (the species most commonly referred to as sea whip) contains information about various terpenoid compounds which might have anti-inflammatory properties, but there have yet to be any tests done on human skin.
Science
1
https://patents.justia.com/patent/10251833
2
Rodríguez, I. I. et al.. (2004). New pseudopterosin and seco-pseudopterosin diterpene glycosides from two Colombian isolates of Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae and their diverse biological activities. Journal of natural products, 67(10), 1672–1680.
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