How we scored it
Leaf volatile oil of Eclipta prostrata: terpenoids and other aroma compounds are plant-made; no added fragment, so natural mass equals total mass, 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
Steam-distilled from the leaves of Eclipta prostrata (false daisy, bhringraj), a herb of warm regions of Asia and the Americas. No synthetic route exists for the volatile oil as defined by CosIng.
In plain English
A volatile oil distilled from the leaves of Eclipta prostrata, a small herb sometimes called false daisy that grows in warm regions of Asia and the Americas. It is listed as a hair-conditioning ingredient. The oil is a mixture of aroma compounds the plant makes itself.
CosIng definition: Eclipta Prostrata Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the leaves of Eclipta prostrata, Asteraceae.
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.
- 2ECLIPTA PROSTRATA LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ECLIPTA PROSTRATA LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ECLIPTA%20PROSTRATA%20LEAF%20OIL