Database/Skin Conditioning/Epilobium Angustifolium Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Epilobium Angustifolium Extract natural?

Yes. Entire material is fireweed aerial-parts biomass, a natural botanical feedstock with no synthetic step.

INCI nameEpilobium Angustifolium Extract
CAS90028-31-2
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by extracting the aerial parts of fireweed…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's method assigns botanical extracts 1.0, no petrochemical 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

Obtained by extracting the aerial parts of fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium), typically with water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No petrochemical alternative route exists.

In plain English

An extract of the fireweed (rose bay) plant used in skincare to help condition skin.

CosIng definition: Epilobium Angustifolium Extract is an extract of the aerial parts of the Rose Bay, Epilobium angustifolium L., Onagraceae

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