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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Origin
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
- Composition
Ascorbic Acid
Citric Acid
Malic Acid
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
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- Lemon
One of the Best Known and Most Widely Used Fruits in the World
The lemon tree is originally from Southeast Asia. A member of the Rutaceae family, lemon trees are small (they don’t grow over 6 meters in height), thorny, trees with many branches and light-brown bark and branches. The flowers are axillary, white or violet and clustered. It flourishes in hot or temperate regions. Lemon is the fruit of the lemon tree (Citrus x limon). Used from 1742 by the British navy to combat scurvy, lemons became popular in Brazil during the so-called Spanish Flu (the global epidemic of 1918), but it was only in the 1930’s that the substance which combats scurvy was isolated and identified: ascorbic acid or vitamin C.
Lemon juice contains approximately 500 milligrams of vitamin C and 50 grams of citric acid per liter. Lemons also possesses limonene, a natural, organic, chemical substance belonging to the terpene family, found in citrus fruits (mainly in the peel of limes and oranges), which is volatile and responsible for the smell given off by these fruits. Today one of the best known and most widely used fruits in the world, lemons contain vitamins B1, B2 and B3, pro-vitamin A (carotene) – which is mainly found in the peel – and vitamin A in the fresh pulp and juice. They possess large quantities of mineral salts and oligoelements such as calcium, iron, silicon, phosphorous, copper, magnesium and iodine, in addition to appreciable percentages of citric and malic acids, and small quantities of acetic and formic acids, as well as potassium and sodium citrates.
Applications & Uses
- Hair Care Applications
- Skin Care Applications
- Use Level
- 1.0 - 5.0%
- Application pH Range
- 4.00 - 11.00
- Applications
- Vitamins, proteins and bioflavonoids present in FRULIX CERTIFIED LIMÃO (Lemon) help to improve the elasticity of the skin, in addition to possessing antioxidant and dermoprotective properties. Due to its protective and nutritive properties, is also recommended for hair-care products.
- As a high concentrated product, FRULIX CERTIFIED LIMÃO (Lemon) should be used in smaller concentrations than those normally used when making formulas with conventional extracts.
- Usage Guidelines
FRULIX CERTIFIED LIMÃO (Lemon) is compatible with the majority of ingredients used in cosmetic formulations for the treatment of hair, and may be incorporated cold, directly into the aqueous phase of the formulas, in accordance with the suggestions for concentration found in the table below. It is stable at temperatures of up to 90°C, in pH conditions ranging from 4.00 to 11.00.
PRODUCT (%) Mosturizing mousse 1.0 to 3.0 Refreshing lotion 1.0 to 3.0 Oily skin mask 1.0 to 3.0 Shampoo 1.0 to 3.0 Conditioner 1.0 to 3.0 Hair mask 1.0 to 5.0 Leave on 1.0 to 3.0
Properties
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Regulatory & Compliance
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