shea butter

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Plant Extracts , Emollients
A plant lipid extracted from the karite tree that is used as an emollient in cosmetics. Shea butter is a rich source of antioxidants, including epicatechin gallate, gallocatechin, epigallocatechin, gallocatechin gallate, and epigallocatechin gallate–as well as quercetin (Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2003, pages 6268–6273). See natural moisturizing factor (NMF)

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