Ascorbyl Glucoside

Property characteristics

• High stability: Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is easily oxidized and loses its activity. Ascorbyl glucoside, by combining ascorbic acid with glucose, significantly improves its stability. Under different environmental conditions, especially in the presence of light, high temperatures, and humidity, it is less likely to deteriorate compared to ordinary ascorbic acid and can maintain its biological activity for a long time.
• Good water - solubility: It has excellent water - solubility, enabling it to dissolve easily in water - based skin - care product formulations such as toners and serums. This facilitates its mixing with other water - soluble ingredients and also promotes its absorption by the skin.

Mechanism of action and efficacy

• Antioxidant effect
  • Free - radical scavenging: It can exert antioxidant effects on the skin surface and within skin cells. It effectively scavenges various free radicals such as superoxide anion radicals and hydroxyl radicals, reducing damage to skin cells caused by free radicals and preventing skin aging. This includes reducing the formation of wrinkles and fine lines, keeping the skin smooth and elastic.
  • Regeneration of other antioxidants: It can reduce oxidized antioxidants such as vitamin E, restoring their antioxidant activity and enhancing the overall antioxidant defense system of the skin.
• Whitening effect
  • Inhibition of tyrosinase activity: By inhibiting the activity of tyrosinase, it prevents the conversion of tyrosine to dopaquinone, thereby reducing the synthesis of melanin and achieving the effects of skin whitening and spot - lightening.
  • Reduction of melanin: It can reduce the already - formed melanin intermediate dopaquinone back to dopa, interrupting the melanin synthesis process and further reducing melanin deposition.
• Promotion of collagen synthesis: It participates in the hydroxylation process of collagen synthesis in the skin, promoting the synthesis of collagen. This helps maintain the firmness and toughness of the skin, enhances the skin's supporting structure, and reduces skin sagging caused by collagen loss.
• Skin repair and protection
  • Acceleration of skin cell renewal: It stimulates the metabolism of skin cells, accelerates the shedding of the aged stratum corneum, and promotes the generation of new skin cells, making the skin smoother and more delicate.
  • Enhancement of skin barrier function: It helps the skin resist the invasion of harmful substances in the external environment, such as ultraviolet rays and pollutants, reduces inflammatory reactions, and lowers the risk of skin allergies and inflammation.

Application fields

• Cosmetics field: It is widely used in various whitening and antioxidant skin - care products, such as whitening serums, antioxidant face creams, and spot - lightening masks. Due to its high stability and remarkable whitening effect, it has become an important ingredient in the main whitening and anti - aging product lines of many brands.
• Healthcare products field: It can be used as an ingredient in nutritional supplements to enhance the body's antioxidant capacity, supplement nutrients such as vitamin C, improve the body's immunity, and prevent and alleviate some diseases or symptoms caused by vitamin C deficiency.
• Food field: It can be used as a food additive, mainly in some functional foods, playing roles in antioxidant and nutritional fortification. It extends the shelf - life of food and provides additional nutritional benefits to consumers.