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Phytoceramides | Ingredient | The Holistic Hub

EmergingCell

Emerging clinical support for skin hydration and barrier function; structure/function only. No disease-treatment claims.

How it works

Maintain — plant-derived ceramides mirror the ceramides of the skin's stratum corneum, studied for supporting the skin moisture barrier and reducing transepidermal water loss
Build — dietary ceramide precursors contribute to the intercellular lipid matrix that keeps skin hydrated
Exchange — plant glucosylceramides are broken down in the gut and reassembled by skin cells using the ceramide-precursor building blocks (sphingoid base and fatty acid) absorbed from digestion, rather than the intact plant ceramide molecule itself traveling to skin unchanged
Maintain — human stratum corneum contains at least a dozen distinct ceramide subclasses in a specific ratio, and plant-derived ceramide precursors do not necessarily reconstruct that exact ratio, an honest limit on how directly 'plant ceramides' can be equated with the skin's own ceramide architecture

ServesMaintain Build Exchange

Form matters

The same nutrient can be made in very different forms — and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.

Works well with

Beauty Focus Collagen+

Related nutrientsCollagen / Gelatin Lutein

The science on Phytoceramides

Balanced by design — we show supporting and contradicting findings. Search all studies

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Phytoceramides

How it works

Form matters

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The science on Phytoceramides

Gooseberry anthocyanins alleviate insulin resistance by regulating ceramide metabolism in high fat diet mice.

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae sphingolipid pathways for enhanced phytoceramide production.

A Nutritional Supplement Blend of Collagen Peptides Lutein and Wheat Lipid Extract Improves Skin Attributes

Loss of SUR2 alters the composition of ceramides and shortens chronological lifespan of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Administration of Wine Lees Extract (WLE)-Derived Ceramides and Glucosylceramides in Enhancing Skin Barrier Function: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Dysregulation of ceramide metabolism causes phytoceramide-dependent induction of the unfolded protein response.

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