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Rosemary extract has a lot going for it and you can find it as an essential oil, an oil, a liquid extract, and a powdered extract. Let’s take a look at the liquid and powdered extract (the essential oil post will come one day!). The extract we’re taking a look at today is water soluble...
Quercetin and rutin are chemically similar flavonoids found in our oils and extracts – rutin contains a glucose molecule in the space held in quercertin by a hydrogen atom. QUERCETIN Quercetin is an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and (possible) anti-viral found in a number of different fruits and vegetables – apples, tea, onion, citrus, tomato, broccoli, cherry,...
Coumarins – found as coumaric acid – are very powerful anti-oxidants that smell like either vanilla or freshly mown hay (it’s what smells nice after clover is cut). Because of this lovely smell, it’s often used in perfumes and fragrance oils. Coumarins are good anti-inflammatories, and they reduce both oedema and redness on our skin....