Database/Skin Conditioning/Fraxinus Excelsior Wood Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Fraxinus Excelsior Wood Extract natural?

Yes. Constituents are plant metabolites extracted from European ash wood, so the whole mass is natural origin with no petrochemical fragment.

INCI nameFraxinus Excelsior Wood Extract
CAS84625-28-5
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is the wood of European ash…

How we scored it

Wood 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 the wood of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior), extracted with water, ethanol or a cosmetic glycol. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient. It is a plant extract made from the wood of the European ash tree, extracted in a solvent.

CosIng definition: Fraxinus Excelsior Wood Extract is the extract of the wood of Fraxinus excelsior, Oleaceae.

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