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Key to skin regeneration? Menard study identifies diglycerides as crucial to skin stem cell growth via Cosmetics Design Asia

31 October 2024

Japanese company Menard Cosmetics has found a component within sweet cherry seeds that it believes increases skin stem cells.

Menard has previously established the efficacy of sweet cherry (Prunus avium) seed extract and its ability to stimulate skin stem cell growth.

“Menard has previously discovered that a decrease in skin stem cells leads to skin ageing such as dryness, wrinkles, and sagging. In addition, we have found that an extract extracted from the seeds of sweet cherry has the effect of increasing epidermal stem cells.”

This study aimed to delve deeper to isolate the specific active compound that increased skin stem cells.

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