Japanese lily turf helps combat dry skin

Silab has developed an active from the tubers of ophiopogon, or Japanese lily turf, which contain water-trapping mucilages to help the plant withstand drought.

Cohesium triggers the formation of tight junctions, which ensure the adhesion of the keratinocytes of the stratum granulosum. These regulate the permeability of the paracellular spaces, helping to maintain epidermal moisturisation. Cohesium works by stimulating the synthesis of claudin-1, a transmembrane protein essential for cell-to-cell cohesion. It also stimulates the production of ZO-1, the scaffolding proteins that regulate the assembly of tight junctions.

Cohesium also increases the level of natural moisturising factors (NMFs) in the stratum corneum, the compounds of which help regulate pH.