How we scored it
Plant extract: all atoms from plant material (anthocyanins, flavonoids, phenolic acids); 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 plant Gynura bicolor, a purple-backed leafy herb grown as a vegetable in East Asia, 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 Gynura bicolor, a purple-leaved edible herb of the daisy family grown as a vegetable in parts of East Asia, extracted in a solvent.
CosIng definition: Gynura Bicolor Extract is an extract of the plant, Gynura bicolor, Asteraceae
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.
- 2GYNURA BICOLOR EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3GYNURA BICOLOR EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GYNURA%20BICOLOR%20EXTRACT