Database/Skin Conditioning/Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract natural?

Yes. Ingredient is wild yam root material obtained by extraction, a fully natural, renewable feedstock.

INCI nameDioscorea Japonica Root Extract
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDioscorea Japonica Root Extract is made by extracting…

How we scored it

Whole extract is botanical root material; this site's convention for extracts = 1.0; no synthetic fragment.
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

Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract is made by extracting the roots of Japanese wild yam with water or solvent. No synthetic route is used.

In plain English

An extract from the root of a wild yam plant grown in Japan. It's used in skincare to help condition the skin.

CosIng definition: Dioscorea Japonica Root Extract is an extract of the roots of Dioscorea japonica, Dioscoreaceae

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. 2DIOSCOREA JAPONICA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3DIOSCOREA JAPONICA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DIOSCOREA%20JAPONICA%20ROOT%20EXTRACT