How we scored it
Suspension of cultured Centella asiatica meristem cells; botanical cell-culture material is 1.0 by this site's convention; no petrochemical fragment.
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 lab cultivation of gotu kola meristem cells rather than field harvesting. No synthetic alternative route exists for this plant-cell-culture material.
In plain English
An antioxidant, skin-protecting ingredient grown from gotu kola plant cells in culture rather than harvested from the wild plant. Still entirely plant-derived, just produced through cell-culture technology.
CosIng definition: Centella Asiatica Meristem Cell Culture is a suspension of the cultured meristem cells of Hydrocotyl, Centella asiatica L., Apiaceae
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.
- 2CENTELLA ASIATICA MERISTEM CELL CULTURE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CENTELLA ASIATICA MERISTEM CELL CULTURE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CENTELLA%20ASIATICA%20MERISTEM%20CELL%20CULTURE