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Sources

Where the data comes from

Skinceptor is a navigation layer over public scientific resources. The current dataset is curated and static: 54 ingredients, 6 biology maps and 96 studies. It is a demonstration corpus, not an exhaustive index of cosmetic science.

PubChem

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Chemical identity: molecular formula, molecular weight, CID, SMILES and 2D structure images.

UniProt

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Protein and enzyme records for biological targets, including accession numbers and functional annotation.

NCBI Gene

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Gene symbols, official names and identifiers for the genes referenced in networks and topic maps.

Reactome

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Curated human pathway definitions used for the pathway tier of every network.

Gene Ontology

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Standardised biological process terms where a Reactome pathway is not the right level of description.

ChEBI

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Chemical entity ontology identifiers for cross-referencing molecules.

PubMed / Europe PMC

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Primary literature. Each curated study links to its PMID or DOI; unverified identifiers link to a title search instead.

Provenance check

When each identifier was last verified

Public records change: accessions are merged, deprecated or re-annotated. Every database reference in Skinceptor stores the date it was checked against the live record, and anything older than 365 days is flagged for re-verification rather than presented as current.

References
104
Verified
104
Re-check due
0
Needs re-check
0
  • PubChem52 refs
  • UniProt26 refs
  • Reactome23 refs
  • Gene Ontology2 refs
  • NCBI Gene1 ref

All 104 references were verified within the last 365 days. Oldest check 2026-09-14. Most recent 2026-09-14.

Known limitations

  • Coverage is uneven — well-funded ingredients have far more literature than newer actives.
  • Many cosmetic studies are small, short, industry-funded, or in-vitro only; we label these explicitly.
  • Absence of a relationship here means absence from our curated dataset, not absence from science.
  • Database identifiers carry the date they were last verified; anything past the re-check window is flagged, not hidden.
  • Nothing here accounts for formulation, concentration, pH, stability or individual biology.