How we scored it
Botanical leaf extract; this site's convention botanical extracts = 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
Extracted from the leaves of Cassia angustifolia (Indian senna) using solvent or aqueous extraction. No alternative synthetic route is used commercially.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning ingredient extracted from the leaves of the Indian senna plant, used in cosmetics for its plant-based conditioning properties.
CosIng definition: Cassia Angustifolia Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves of the Indian Senna, Cassia angustifolia, Leguminosae
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.
- 2CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CASSIA ANGUSTIFOLIA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CASSIA%20ANGUSTIFOLIA%20LEAF%20EXTRACT