Organic sea buckthorn berry CO2 extract

Ingredient: Hippophae rhamnoides (sea buckthorn) fruit extract

Benefits and uses:

• Recommended to be used as an intensive overnight repair oil for bright and clear skin.
• Antioxidant, immunomodulatory, anti-atherogenic, anti-stress, hepatoprotective, radioprotective, and tissue repair activities.
• Heals wound, treat damaged, acne-proned, and sun-burnt skin; highly useful in skincare for its extremely nourishing and restorative properties.
• Help strengthen health immunity when taken as a supplement.
• Useful for eczema, burns, open wounds, damaged mucous membrane and tissues.
• Helps to fight off damaged cells from solar, chemical, UV and chemotherapy radiation.
• Can be added to other skincare products for extra benefits.

Sea buckthorn berry extract has always been used as a skincare oil. It is rich in nutrients and vitamins; the pigment of the fruit oil protects the fruit from oxidation; tocopherols and carotenes also protect human cells from free radical damage. Flavonoids, present in the sea buckthorn berry extract, in combination with carotene, is able to control the growth of virus and bacteria among skin cells.

Apart from having skin regeneration and repair properties, sea buckthorn oil also improves blood circulation, facilitates oxygenation of the skin, removes excess toxins from the body and easily penetrates through the epidermis. Because inside the skin the gamma-linolenic acid is converted to prostaglandins, sea-buckthorn oil protects against infections, prevents allergies, eliminates inflammation and inhibits the aging process.

Sea buckthorn berry extract is different from most other vegetable oils, but similar to macadamia nuts, both contain a large amount of palmitoleic acid. This is a monounsaturated fatty acid, also known as animal fatty acid, because it can be found almost exclusively in animal fats. According to clinical studies, oils containing high amounts of palmitoleic acid generally have excellent maintenance and moisturising effects. It is also a strong antioxidant – this oil rebuilds cells and delays cell ageing, supports wound healing, reduces scars and discolourations, treats dermatoses, eczemas, ulceration, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne, improves skin elasticity and structure, provides appropriate hydration of epidermis, limits excessive water loss, protects against harmful radiation (solar or x-rays).

In Russia, sea buckthorn oil is used to treat skin damage caused by UV rays. It is also used as a “skin protection” oil for cancer patients before and after radiation therapy.

Did you know?
Sea buckthorn oil contains approximately 190 bioactive substances including: saturated fatty acids- palmitic acid C16:0, stearic acid C18:0, unsaturated fatty acids- eicosanoic acid ω-9 C20:1, oleic acid ω-9 C18:1, palmitoleic ω-7 C16:1, linolic acid ω-6 C18:2, alpha-linolenic acid ω-3 C18:3, gamma-linolenic acid ω-6 C18:3, sterols, approx. 14 vitamins: A, C, D, E, F, K, P, and B complex vitamins (B1, B2, B6), provitamin A, that is alpha- and beta-carotene, mixture of other carotenoids (up to 180 mg%), strong antioxidants (tocopherols, tocotrienols), flavonoids (approx. 36 types), fruit acids: malic acid and citric acids, phenolic compounds, approx. 11 mineral salts, including zinc, iron, calcium, selenium, copper, tannins, phospholipids, anthocyanins, steroids, sugars, pectins, approx. 18 amino acids.

Source: Abundance of active ingredients in sea-buckthorn oil, by Lipids in Health and Disease

Herbal Folk Tradition
Sea buckthorn is one of the important natural resources of the mountainous regions of China and Russia. As a commonly used nutritional supplement and ethnic medicine, sea buckthorn berries have been recorded in the state standard, local standards, and the List of Medicinal and Edible Plant of China, as well as the Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. Sea buckthorn berries have been used in Chinese traditional medicine since Tang Dynasty to treat various human diseases, such as skin injuries, mucous membranes injuries of stomach and, lung disorders, cardiovascular disease and high altitude diseases.