How we scored it
Extract of cultured callus cells: sugars, amino acids, polyphenols and other metabolites, all plant-derived (n=1). Culture medium and extraction solvent ignored. 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
Callus tissue of Coleus forskohlii is grown in vitro on a sugar, mineral and vitamin medium, then harvested and extracted. No alternative route is significant, but the culture medium and growth regulators vary by supplier (ignored).
In plain English
An extract of plant cells grown in a laboratory culture from Coleus forskohlii tissue, rather than harvested from whole plants. In products it is used for skin conditioning. It is made of compounds from the cultured plant cells.
CosIng definition: Coleus Forskohlii Callus Extract is the extract of the callus of Coleus forskolii grown in culture, Lamiaceae.
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.
- 2COLEUS FORSKOHLII CALLUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3COLEUS FORSKOHLII CALLUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=COLEUS%20FORSKOHLII%20CALLUS%20EXTRACT