Ingredient glossary / Emollient
Baobab oil
On the label: Adansonia Digitata Seed Oil · Emollient
What it is
A stable African seed oil with a balanced fatty-acid profile; used in face oils and hair products.
Emollients: Emollients fill the gaps between skin cells and leave the surface smooth and soft; oils, butters and esters.
In the research
3 PubMed papers mention it with skin, cosmetics or hair; the three most recent:
- A sustainable approach to extracting baobab oil: neat supercritical CO(2) optimization · RSC advances, 2025
- Impact of Different Oil Extraction Techniques on the Physicochemical Properties of Adansonia digitata Seed · International journal of food science, 2023
- African oils in dermatology · Dermatologic therapy, 2022
A paper is a paper, not a verdict: titles are listed so you can read them, and a study on cells or mice says little about a cream on a face.
Products whose label lists it
1 on the siteMatched from the ingredient list the supplier printed; the position in the list (first or thirtieth) is on each product page.
Other emollients
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