Zuplex Kigafirm
- INCI Name
- Kigelia Africana Fruit Extract
The challenges of maintaining and enhancing skin firmness and skin elasticity are the target of many cosmetic preparations, but few ingredients can make the clinically proven claims that are possible with Kigafirm, the remarkable fruit extract of the mystical African tree, Kigelia Africana.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Liquid
Product families
Applications
- Color Cosmetics
- Skin Care
- Treatment Products
Product Families
- Botanical Ingredients & Extracts
Other characteristics
- Benefit Claims
Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Stretch Marks, Cellulite Reduction, Firming, Improves Skin Elasticity; Anti-Inflammatory; Anti-Stretch Marks; Cellulite Reduction; Firming; Improves Skin Elasticity
- Labeling Claims
Clean at Sephora, Credo Clean Standard, Halal, Low Toxicity, Natural, Naturally Derived; Clean at Sephora; Credo Clean Standard; Halal; Low Toxicity; Natural; Naturally Derived
- Ingredient Origin
- Natural Origin, Plant Origin
- Natural Origin
- Plant Origin
- Certifications & Compliance
COSMOS, FSSC 22000, Halal, Soil Association Approved
- Claims
Several publications in the academic literature have shown that extracts of Kigelia show anti-inflammatory activity with low toxicity. The skin-firming capacity of the extract has been shown in independent trials.. Kigafirmis targeted at the skin firming and anti-inflammatory potential of this plant. Kigelia Africana contains verminoside that confers anti-inflammatory activity and anti-nociceptive activity with very low toxicity (LD50 or 1.3 g/kg). Verminoside has been shown to inhibit enzymes involved in inflammation by up to 83% at very low concentrations.
- Source
Kigafirm is a targeted extract of Kigelia Africana fruit that maximizes firming and anti-inflammatory activity. The large tree occurs throughout Africa and produces grayish-brown sausage-shaped fruits that grow up to 60 cm long and weigh up to 7 kg.
- Carrier
- Aqua
- Propanediol
- Markets
- Personal Care
- Efficacy
- Skin firmness :
- 8 % (14 days)
- 13 % (28 days)
- Skin elasticity:
- 6.4 % (14 days)
- 9.8 % (28 days)
- Technology
- Cosmetic Ingredients
- Key Property
- Skin firming
- Skin elasticity
- Stretch marks
- Breast firming
- Cellulite treatment
- Active Component
- Flavonoids
- Naphthoquinones
- Terpenes
- Traditional Uses
Kigelia Africana has been traditionally used for breast firming in central Africa and is said to have aphrodisiac properties. Its traditional medicinal applications include the treatment of various skin related disease such as eczema, fungal infections, psoriasis and boils.
- Application Format
- Creams
- Leave On
- Lotions
- Masks
- Serum
- HIGHLIGHTS
- Cosmos approved
- China compliant
- Non-irritant
- Standardized
- Derived from nature
- Safe
- Skin Care Applications
- Body Cream
- Facial Mask
- Moisturizers
- Skin Serums
- Certifications and Compliance
- COSMOS
- FSSC 22000
- Halal
- Soil Association Approved
- Treatment Product Applications
- Eczema Treatment
