Database/Emollient/Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Whole material is a pressed plant seed oil with no petrochemical processing.

INCI nameCucumis Sativus Seed Oil
CAS70955-25-8
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockExpressed from cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seeds. No alternative…

How we scored it

Vegetable seed oil, this site's convention 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

Expressed from cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seeds. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An oil pressed from cucumber seeds. Used in skincare to condition and soften the skin.

CosIng definition: Cucumis Sativus Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L., Cucurbitaceae

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2CUCUMIS SATIVUS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CUCUMIS SATIVUS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CUCUMIS%20SATIVUS%20SEED%20OIL