Arginine
AKA “
L-Arginine
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Ingredient Facts
Arginine
AKA: L-Arginine
Synthetic · Antistatic
WHAT IS IT?
Synthetic
Skin Conditioner
Amino Acid
Clean
A naturally occurring amino acid used in cosmetics for its skin conditioning properties. Helps maintain skin hydration.
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WHAT'S IT DO?
Functions
Skin Conditioning
A catch-all term for ingredients that improve how skin looks and feels — softer, smoother, more supple. The workhorse behind most moisturizers.
Antistatic
WHAT'S THE PROOF?
Assessment of primary eye and skin irritants by in vitro cytotoxicity and phototoxicity models: an in vitro approach of new arginine-based surfactant-
Benavides T, Mitjans M, Martínez V, Clapés P, Infante MR et al.
Toxicology, 2004
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Restructuring of Lipid Membranes by an Arginine-Capped Peptide Bolaamphiphile.
Castelletto V, Barnes RH, Karatzas KA, Edwards-Gayle CJC, Greco F et al.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 2019
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Acetyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Arginine HCl
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Dimethiconol Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Lauroyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Palmitoyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
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Lauroyl Arginine
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
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Altered Arginine Metabolism Affects Proliferation and Radiosensitivity of Keloids.
Li W, Li X, Zhang Y, Zhu B, Xu X et al.
Experimental dermatology, 2025
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Antimicrobial Nanoparticles Composed of Zein and Arginine-Phenylalanine-Based Surfactants for Wound Related Infections: Antioxidant and Skin-Related A
Sousa FFO, Hafidi Z, García MT, Moran MDC, Vazquez S et al.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024
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Effects of growth factors and L-arginine on ischemic skin flaps in rats.
Walls CM, Gregory CR, Beck LS, Cooke JP, Griffey SM et al.
Veterinary surgery : VS, 1995
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Verified Feb 2026
Data: CosIng