How we scored it
Aqueous distillate: water (n=1) plus trace plant volatiles from steam distillation of Bacopa monnieri; all atoms natural origin, 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
Collected as the aqueous phase of steam distillation of the whole plant of Bacopa monnieri (brahmi, water hyssop), a wetland herb of the tropics. No synthetic route exists for this hydrosol.
In plain English
A water-based liquid collected when the whole Bacopa monnieri plant (brahmi, or water hyssop) is steam-distilled, so it is mostly water carrying traces of the plant's volatile compounds. It is listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Bacopa Monnieri Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the whole plant Bacopa monnieri, Plantaginaceae.
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.
- 2BACOPA MONNIERI WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BACOPA MONNIERI WATER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BACOPA%20MONNIERI%20WATER