Database/Antimicrobial/Ficus Religiosa Stem Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Ficus Religiosa Stem Extract natural?

Yes. Constituents are plant metabolites extracted from sacred fig stems, so the whole mass is natural origin with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameFicus Religiosa Stem Extract
FunctionAntimicrobial · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is stems (bark and wood) of…

How we scored it

Stem extract: all atoms from plant material; extraction solvent leaves no mass. Natural mass fraction 1/1 = 1.00.
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

Dominant feedstock is stems (bark and wood) of the sacred fig or peepal (Ficus religiosa), extracted with water, ethanol or a cosmetic glycol. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient, also listed with an antimicrobial function. It is a plant extract made from the stems of the sacred fig, or peepal, a large tree native to the Indian subcontinent.

CosIng definition: Ficus Religiosa Stem Extract is the extract of the stems of Ficus religiosa, Moraceae.

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