Glyceryl glucoside is a conjugated molecule of glycerol and glucose, and was originally found to be critical for cyanobacteria survive in extremem conditions. Recently, many scientific reports suggested the key role of glyceryl glucoside in induction of aquaporin-3 protein, which is an essential protein in water molecule transport across the skin cell membrane. Glycerol glucoside is becoming the new molecule for next generation moisturising ingredient.

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