Green Tea
What is it?
Green tea is made from the leaves and buds of Camellia sinensis that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process used to make oolong teas and black teas.
Main Benefits:
Anti-aging, anti-oxidant, astrigent, toning, brightening.
More Information:
Green tea extracts have gained popularity as ingredients in topical skin care preparations to treat aging skin. Green tea is an abundant source of plant polyphenols that exhibit significant antioxidant, chemopreventive, and immunomodulatory effects in protecting the skin, and studies suggest that thesy help mediate ultraviolet radiation damage. As studies show, topical application of green tea polyphenols to human skin inhibited the UV-induced erythrema response and protected cells from UV damage and photoaging.
Scientific reference:
Campos PM, Gianeti MD, Mercurio DG, Gaspar LR.Synergistic effects of green tea and ginkgo biloba extracts on the improvement of skin barrier function and elasticity. J Drugs Dermatol. 2014 Sep;13(9):1092-7
Chiu AE, Chan JL, Kern DG, Kohler S, Rehmus WE, Kimball AB. Double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of green tea extracts in the clinical and histologic appearance of photoaging skin. Dermatol Surg. 2005 Jul;31(7 Pt 2):855-60
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