How we scored it
Dried, ground plant tissue (n = 1) with no chemical modification; no reagent or solvent mass in the product. 1.0 / 1.0 = 1.00.
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
Dominant route is harvesting, drying and milling the whole plant to a powder with no chemical conversion. No commercially significant alternative route exists.
In plain English
A powder made by drying and grinding the whole Boerhavia repens plant, a creeping herb of warm regions in the same genus as the Ayurvedic herb punarnava. It is listed as a skin-conditioning ingredient and is unmodified plant material.
CosIng definition: Boerhavia Repens Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground whole plant, Boerhavia repens L., Nyctaginaceae
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.
- 2BOERHAVIA REPENS POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3BOERHAVIA REPENS POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=BOERHAVIA%20REPENS%20POWDER