How we scored it
Aqueous steam distillate of ginkgo leaves; natural water = 1.0. Attached formula/CAS (sulfonyl-tetrazole compound) is a mismatched PubChem entry unrelated to this botanical water — description used instead.
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 steam-distilling Ginkgo biloba leaves. No alternative synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A watery distillate from steamed ginkgo leaves. Used for skin conditioning and light fragrance. Comes directly from the ginkgo tree.
CosIng definition: Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the 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 WATER. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GINKGO BILOBA LEAF WATER. 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%20WATER