Database/Fragrance/Heliotropine
100% petroleum · ISO 16128

Is Heliotropine natural?

No. Piperonal is now made almost entirely from petrochemical catechol; the historic natural safrole route is largely defunct due to precursor-chemical controls.

INCI nameHeliotropine
CAS120-57-0
FunctionFragrance · Perfuming
FeedstockHeliotropine (piperonal) was historically isolated from safrole-rich plant…

How we scored it

Modern commercial synthesis from petrochemical catechol; historic natural safrole route now regulatory-restricted -> 0.0
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

Heliotropine (piperonal) was historically isolated from safrole-rich plant oils, but that route is now heavily restricted by drug-precursor regulations. Commercial supply today is made by petrochemical synthesis from catechol.

In plain English

A fragrance ingredient with a sweet, vanilla-like floral scent used in perfumes. Modern supply is made through petrochemical synthesis rather than from its historic natural plant-oil source.

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Structure

2D structure of Heliotropine

PubChem CID 8438 ↗

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. 2Heliotropine. PubChem CID 8438. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3HELIOTROPINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4HELIOTROPINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=HELIOTROPINE