Database/Bleaching/Glabridin
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Glabridin natural?

Yes. Glabridin is a licorice-root secondary metabolite obtained by extraction and purification, not built up from petrochemical precursors.

INCI nameGlabridin
CAS59870-68-7
FormulaC20H20O4 · 324.4 Da
FunctionBleaching
FeedstockGlabridin is extracted and purified from liquorice (Glycyrrhiza…

How we scored it

Isoflavan isolated by extraction/purification from Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice) root; no commercially significant total-synthesis route. 1.0.
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

Glabridin is extracted and purified from liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root. Complex total synthesis is not used commercially for cosmetic-grade material.

In plain English

A skin-brightening compound extracted from liquorice root. It is isolated and purified from the root using standard extraction methods rather than built chemically from scratch.

Structure

2D structure of Glabridin

4-[(3R)-8,8-dimethyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrano[2,3-f]chromen-3-yl]benzene-1,3-diol

PubChem CID 124052 ↗

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. 2Glabridin. PubChem CID 124052. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3GLABRIDIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4GLABRIDIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLABRIDIN