Allantoin: The Vitamin-Like Compound for Skin and Anti-Aging Benefits

Allantoin is a compound that occurs in aloe vera, chamomile, lotus, yam, and other plants.

Allantoin can also be chemically synthesized. Within the body, it acts as a free radical scavenger. ¹

Allantoin Activity is Similar to a Vitamin

In an article published in 2004, E. P. Gus’kov and colleagues suggest that allantoin acts as a vitamin.

“Inactivation of the gene Uox in primates, which is responsible for the synthesis of the enzyme uricase, has determined new ways of social and intellectual evolution of mammals,” they observed. “Almost simultaneously with this process, a mutation occurred, as a result of which primates lacked the …read more