Arginine
AKA “L-Arginine
Ingredient Facts
Arginine
AKA: L-Arginine
Synthetic · Antistatic
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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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
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
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
Acetyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Arginine HCl
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Dimethiconol Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Lauroyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Palmitoyl Arginine
European Commission
EU Cosmetic Ingredient Database (CosIng)
Lauroyl Arginine
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database
Altered Arginine Metabolism Affects Proliferation and Radiosensitivity of Keloids.
Li W, Li X, Zhang Y, Zhu B, Xu X et al.
Experimental dermatology, 2025
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
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
Verified Feb 2026
Data: CosIng