Database/Skin Conditioning/Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Leaf Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Leaf Extract natural?

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

INCI nameGynostemma Pentaphyllum Leaf Extract
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockDominant feedstock is the leaves of Gynostemma pentaphyllum…

How we scored it

Leaf extract: all atoms from plant material (dammarane saponins, flavonoids); 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 leaves of Gynostemma pentaphyllum (jiaogulan), 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 leaves of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, known as jiaogulan, a climbing vine of the cucumber family from East Asia, extracted in a solvent.

CosIng definition: Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves from Gynostemma Pentaphyllum, Cucurbitaceae

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