Database/Skin Conditioning/Baicalein
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Baicalein natural?

Yes. Baicalein is overwhelmingly produced by large-scale extraction and purification from Chinese skullcap root, an established commercial industry.

INCI nameBaicalein
CAS314041-17-3
FormulaC15H10O5 · 270.24 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted and purified from the root of Chinese…

How we scored it

C15H10O5 flavone; treated as an isolated extraction product, not a fragment split.
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

Extracted and purified from the root of Chinese skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis), a major traditional-medicine crop grown at scale for this purpose. No significant synthetic route is used commercially.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning compound extracted and purified from Chinese skullcap root, a plant long used in traditional medicine. It comes from the root itself, not from synthetic chemistry.

Structure

2D structure of Baicalein

5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one

PubChem CID 5281605 ↗

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2Baicalein. PubChem CID 5281605. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3BAICALEIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4BAICALEIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BAICALEIN