How we scored it
Botanical bark extract; pulled out with solvent or water. This site's convention: 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
Produced by extracting the bark of the camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) with water or alcohol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from camphor tree bark, used in small amounts in cosmetics to help condition and soothe the skin.
CosIng definition: Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor) Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Cinnamomum camphora, Lauraceae.
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.
- 2CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CINNAMOMUM%20CAMPHORA%20BARK%20EXTRACT