Strawberry Seed Extract

Food and cosmetic ingredients with moisture retention, whitening, anti-oxidation and anti-obesity*

 Strawberry is rich in vitamin C, polyphenols including anthocyanin, flavonoid, phenylpropanoid and ellagitannin. The health-promoting functions of strawberry have been broadly investigated. However, even though strawberry is eaten together with the small seeds inside, components and functions of the seeds have not well been studied.

The Strawberry Seed Extract powders contain tiliroside and kaempferol-3-O-glucoside (Fig. 2). Our preliminary results revealed that both oral and local application of the Strawberry Seed Extract promote expression of aquaporins (AQP) and several other enzymes involved in ceramide and hyaluronic acid synthesis. Strawberry Seed Extract and Strawberry Seed Oil has other additional beauty and dietary effects by oral as well as local application, and thus can be used for various beauty-foods and cosmetics, including moisture content, skin barrier function, elasticity and brightness.*

We further found that oral application of Strawberry Seed Extract to mice led to reduction of body weight, liver-fat, epididymis-fat and blood sugar. Oil extracted from strawberry seeds (Strawberry Seed Oil) contains more than 30% of α -linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid with anti-allergic effect. α-linolenic acid cannot be synthesized in the body and thus needs external supply.*