Glycine Soja Sterols

Glycine soja sterols are solid complex alcohols derived from the wild soybean plant (as opposed to the domesticated soybean, Glycine max). Despite the alcohol origin, sterols are not drying on skin; rather, as fatty alcohols, they serve to lubricate and have an emollient texture. In fact, biochemists categorize sterols as lipids (fats) because of how they behave. Sterols can be both animal and plant derived; in the case of plants, they’re also referred to as phytosterols.

Glycine soja sterols, in addition to being moisturizing ingredients, are also rich in antioxidants whose free-radical neutralizing ability make them excellent additions to anti-ageing skin care products.

The independent Cosmetic Ingredient Review panel has ruled Glycine soja sterols safe in present practices.