LICORICE EXTRACTS

Description

Botanic Name: GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA
Common Name: JETHIMADH, YASHTIMADHU, MULETHI PARTS USED: LEAVES, ROOT PRINCIPLE
CONSTITUENTS: GLYCYRRHIZIN 8-25 %.

Licorice extract helps to fade dark spots and blemishes and lighten skin. It can also reverse darkening of scars, which are fibrous skin tissues that remain when an injury hasn’t completely healed. Licorice extract is also a good natural substitute for hydroquinone, which is banned in many countries from use in cosmetic products. An ingredient called Glabridin helps reduce uneven skin darkening — also known as hyperpigmentation — caused by exposure to the ultraviolet rays. Glabridin is an active ingredient containing five flavonoids that act to de-pigment or lighten, skin while blocking an enzyme that causes damaged skin to darken.