How we scored it
Botanical leaf 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 hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) leaves with water or alcohol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract made from hawthorn leaves, a traditional herbal plant, used in cosmetics to help condition the skin.
CosIng definition: Crataegus Monogyna Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves of the Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, Rosaceae
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.
- 2CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CRATAEGUS%20MONOGYNA%20LEAF%20EXTRACT