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Lycium chinense fruit water

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Lycium chinense fruit water in plain language

What it is

Also known as Lycium chinense fruit volatile oil · Barbary matrimony vine fruit volatile oil · Barbary matrimony vine fruit water · Bocksdorn fruit volatile oil · Bocksdorn fruit water · Chinese boxthorn fruit volatile oil

Show all 21 names

Chinese boxthorn fruit water · Chinese desert-thorn fruit volatile oil · Chinese desert-thorn fruit water · Chinese wolfberry fruit volatile oil · Chinese wolfberry fruit water · Duke of argyll's TEA tree fruit volatile oil · Duke of argyll's TEA tree fruit water · Kuko fruit volatile oil · Kuko fruit water · Matrimony vine fruit volatile oil · Matrimony vine fruit water · Mede berry fruit volatile oil · Mede berry fruit water · Red medlar fruit volatile oil · Red medlar fruit water

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent, a flavouring and a fragrance ingredient. Lycium Chinense Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of the Chinese Lycium chinense, Solanaceae.

  • Skin conditioning
  • Flavouring
  • Perfuming
  • Fragrance
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Lycium chinense fruit water appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →
  • EUCosIngActiveLycium Chinense Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of the Chinese Lycium chinense, Solanaceae
    • Lycium Chinense Fruit Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the fruit of the Chinese Lycium chinense, SolanaceaeSource →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Lycium chinense fruit water. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Lycium chinense fruit water yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Not a strong fit for fragrance avoidance because it carries Fragrance.

Avoid

The ingredient itself is a fragrance-linked signal, so it is better treated as an avoid case when fragrance exposure is the main concern.