Sandalwood’s blue gentle findings help Quintis’ European enlargement drive

“This medical examine has proved that Indian sandalwood can defend the pores and skin by decreasing oxidation of pores and skin attributable to environmental blue gentle. We’re excited that this examine additional emphasises the facility of Indian sandalwood oil in defending the pores and skin towards environmental harm, additional proving the multipurpose nature of this treasured ingredient in cosmetics,”​ Dhanushka Hettiarachchi, technical merchandise specialist at Quintis Sandalwood, instructed us.

The examine discovered that sandalwood oil, at a focus of between 1% and 10%, protects the pores and skin towards the oxidative stress induced by city mud and blue gentle publicity.

Twenty-two wholesome volunteers between the ages of 18 and 65 took half within the 11-day examine, which was performed as a monocentric, managed, randomised, double blinded, intraindividual comparative trial. 5 completely different merchandise have been utilized zonally to individuals’ higher backs: experimental merchandise containing 0.1%, 1% and 10% doses of sandalwood oil, a placebo and a 0.5% alpha-tocopherol optimistic management, and the pores and skin was uncovered to ambient mud adopted by blue gentle. To judge the protecting impact of the merchandise, the extent of the oxidised type of squalene (SQOOH) was monitored.