How we scored it
CosIng describes dried, ground ginkgo leaves = botanical powder, 1.0. Attached formula/IUPAC is the same unrelated nitro-tetrazole-benzoic-acid compound as the ginkgo nut extract entry, clearly a mismatched record; description trusted.
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
Made by drying and grinding the leaves of the Ginkgo biloba tree into a powder. The linked molecular formula describes an unrelated synthetic chemical, not this powder.
In plain English
A powder made from dried, ground ginkgo tree leaves, used for skin conditioning. Simply the leaves, dried and milled.
CosIng definition: Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground leaves of Ginkgo biloba, Ginkgoaceae
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.
- 2GINKGO BILOBA LEAF POWDER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GINKGO BILOBA LEAF POWDER. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GINKGO%20BILOBA%20LEAF%20POWDER