Database/Skin Conditioning/Galium Aparine Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Galium Aparine Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is water/solvent-extracted cleavers plant material; extraction leaves no petrochemical mass in the product.

INCI nameGalium Aparine Extract
CAS84625-42-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by extracting the whole cleavers plant (Galium…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's convention values botanical extracts at 1.0, no fragment split needed.
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

Produced by extracting the whole cleavers plant (Galium aparine) with water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of cleavers (goosegrass), used to condition skin. Made by extracting the plant.

CosIng definition: Galium Aparine Extract is an extract of the Cliver, Galium aparine L., Rubiaceae

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