How we scored it
Plant nanovesicles from cucumber juice: phospholipid bilayer, proteins and enclosed water-soluble compounds, all plant-derived (n=1). Isolation steps add no mass. 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
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) fruit juice is centrifuged or filtered to isolate the plant-derived vesicles. No alternative route is significant; the commercial carrier or preservative is declared separately, and confidence is medium because the ingredient is novel.
In plain English
Tiny membrane-bound bubbles (vesicles) separated from cucumber fruit juice. In products they are used as an antioxidant, humectant, skin-protecting and skin-conditioning ingredient. They are made of the cucumber's own lipids, proteins and water-soluble compounds.
CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Fruit Juice Vesicles are the vesicles isolated from the juice of the fruit of Cucumis sativus.
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.
- 2CUCUMIS SATIVUS FRUIT JUICE VESICLES. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS FRUIT JUICE VESICLES. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20FRUIT%20JUICE%20VESICLES