How we scored it
Triterpenoid glycoside extracted/purified from Centella asiatica; natural plant fragment = 1.0
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.
Where it comes from
Purified from extracts of the Asiatic pennywort plant (Centella asiatica) by standard extraction and chromatographic isolation. Not manufactured from petrochemical starting materials.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning compound purified from the Centella asiatica (gotu kola) plant, valued for supporting skin's natural barrier. It is isolated directly from the plant, not synthesised.
Structure
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (1S,2R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-10,11-dihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydro-1H-picene-4a-carboxylate
References
- 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
- 2Asiaticoside. PubChem CID 11954171. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3ASIATICOSIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4ASIATICOSIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ASIATICOSIDE