CAS Number: 59870-68-7
Molecular Formula: C20H20O4
Molecular Weight: 324.37
EINECS Number: 611-908-7
Application:
Glycyrrhizin is a natural whitening agent isolated from licorice flavonoids. Licorice flavonoids are extracted from the rhizomes of specific varieties of licorice plants (such as glycyrrhiza uralensis, glycyrrhiza inflata, glycyrrhiza glabra, etc.). Pollution, without any side effects to the human body. It is a reddish brown powder at room temperature, insoluble in water, but easily soluble in organic solvents, such as ethanol, propylene glycol, 1,3-butanediol, etc. Glycyrrhiza glabra is a perennial herb that grows in southern Europe, Asia, and the Mediterranean. It is widely planted in Russia, Spain, Iran and India. Glycyrrhizin can reduce phlegm, moisturize, anti-inflammatory, anti-filtering pathogens, anti-hepatic toxin and anti-bacterial. Because of the curative effects of licorice, it has been widely studied in medicine and food. Licorice can be used in cosmetics. It has whitening, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-oxidant effects. It is a cosmetic raw material with great application value. Glycyrrhizin is known as "whitening gold" because of its high efficiency in inhibiting active oxygen and melanin. One is the praise for the whitening effect, and the other is that the price per gram of Glycyrrhizin is equivalent to that of gold. Only a few brands dare. Use it as a whitening ingredient.