Evodia Rutaecarpa Extract Evodiamine / Rutaecarpine 10%-98%

The oil extracted from the seeds of the honey tree is used in traditional Chinese medicine to alleviate arthritis, headaches, and even vomiting.

 

Thanks to the alkaloids it contains, the extract of Evodia rutaecarpa fruit helps to soothe redness and skin inflammation. It also alleviates itching. Due to its content of the alkaloid dehydroevodiamine, it also has an effect on reducing the activity of tyrosinase, which is responsible for the production of melanin. Thus, the extract of Evodia rutaecarpa fruit helps to reduce brown spots on the skin.

 

The Evodia rutaecarpa fruit extract is the INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredient) name for the extract of the honey tree fruit. Used in Chinese medicine for its warming action, it is also included in the composition of skincare products. The oil extracted from the seeds is also used in cooking in Korea.

 

The extract of the unripe fruit of Evodia rutaecarpa, known as Wu-Zhu-Yu in traditional Chinese medicine, is reported to have many biological properties including stimulation of vasodilation, positive cardiotonic effects, inhibition of pain, and inhibition of prostaglandin production. Many of these effects can be attributed to the quinazoline alkaloids rutaecarpine, evodiamine, and dehydroevodiamine, and the triterpenoid evodin]. Rutaecarpine has been shown to have in vivo anti-inflammatory activity by inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2). Recently, rutaecarpine has been shown to inhibit UVA-induced metalloproteinase expression in cultured human keratinocytes. However, there have been no placebo-controlled clinical studies examining the effect of E. rutaecarpa or constituents in human skin.