Characteristics
- INCI
- Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water
- Ru.
- Cornflower Flower Water
- CAS
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84012-18-0
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- EC
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281-664-0
This is the substance number in the European chemical identification system (EC number), used in European regulatory databases including ECHA/CosIng.
- Functions
- skin conditioning
centaurea cyanus flower water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the cornflower, centaurea cyanus l., asteraceae
Description
Flower distillate coming from the beautiful blue flowers, commonly known as cornflower. The flowers are traditionally used in European phytotherapy to treat smaller eye inflammations and contain polysaccharides (mainly galacturonic acid, arabinose, glucose, rhamnose, and galactose) with anti-inflammatory and soothing properties.
Evidence & Research on Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water
Scientific publications & sources
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Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 1999, Anti-inflammatory and immunological effects of Centaurea cyanus flower-heads
Products with Centaurea Cyanus Flower Water (330 total)
Face Care
Body Care
Decorative Cosmetics
Hands & Nails
Most often found in Yves Rocher products (43 items)
