How we scored it
Botanical extract, whole plant — natural per this site's convention.
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
Extracted from Dendrobium nobile orchid plant material, typically via aqueous or hydro-glycolic extraction. No alternative route.
In plain English
A plant extract from the whole Dendrobium nobile orchid, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Dendrobium Nobile Extract is the extract of the whole plant, Dendrobium nobile, Orchidaceae
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.
- 2DENDROBIUM NOBILE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3DENDROBIUM NOBILE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DENDROBIUM%20NOBILE%20EXTRACT