Database/Skin Conditioning/Centaurium Erythraea Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Centaurium Erythraea Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is water/solvent-extracted small centaury herb material; extraction leaves no petrochemical mass in the product.

INCI nameCentaurium Erythraea Extract
CAS84837-00-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by extracting the small centaury herb (Centaurium…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's convention values botanical extracts at 1.0, no fragment split needed.
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

Produced by extracting the small centaury herb (Centaurium erythraea) with water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of the small centaury herb, used to condition skin. Made by extracting the plant.

CosIng definition: Erythraea Centaurium Extract is an extract of the herb of the Small Centaury, Erythraea centaurium, Gentianaceae

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. 2CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CENTAURIUM ERYTHRAEA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CENTAURIUM%20ERYTHRAEA%20EXTRACT