Characteristics
- INCI
- Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil
- Ru.
- Cucumber Oil
- CAS
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89998-01-6, 70955-25-8
This is the substance number in the Chemical Abstracts Service registry. The CAS number uniquely identifies a substance regardless of language, trade name, or synonyms.
- EC
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289-738-4
This is the substance number in the European chemical identification system (EC number), used in European regulatory databases including ECHA/CosIng.
- Functions
- emollient, skin conditioning
Description
When it comes to cucumber and skin care, cucumber fruit extract is the one that steals the show for its soothing and moisturizing properties. But cucumber also has seeds and these seeds contain oil that has nice fatty acids and emollient properties, similar to many other plant oils.
Cucumber oil is a high linoleic acid (60-69%) oil that also has a fair amount of oleic acid (9-20%). It also contains antioxidant vitamin E, phytosterols and some trace minerals such aspotassium. It is a very light oil that is absorbed easily into the skin. It is described as an excellent oil for moisturization formulations.
Products with Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil (201 total)
Most often found in Super Facialist products (6 items)
