How we scored it
Dried, ground Cnidium monnieri seeds (fruits): cellulose, lipids, coumarins such as osthole, volatile oil, all natural origin (n=1). No added atoms. 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
Dried seeds of Cnidium monnieri (the fruits used in Chinese herbal medicine) are cleaned and milled to a powder. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A powder made from dried, ground seeds of Cnidium monnieri, a plant of the carrot family used in Chinese herbal medicine. In products it acts as a mild abrasive, fragrance and skin-protecting ingredient. It is purely ground plant material.
CosIng definition: Cnidium Monnieri Seed Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground seeds of Cnidium monnieri, 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.
- 2CNIDIUM MONNIERI SEED POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CNIDIUM MONNIERI SEED POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CNIDIUM%20MONNIERI%20SEED%20POWDER