Database/Skin Conditioning/Lepidium Sativum Sprout Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Lepidium Sativum Sprout Extract natural?

Yes. Plant-sprout extract, entirely natural-origin, used for skin conditioning.

INCI nameLepidium Sativum Sprout Extract
CAS90063-43-7
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from sprouted garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seeds,…

How we scored it

Extract of cress sprouts; botanical extract convention = 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

Extracted from sprouted garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seeds, typically with water. No synthetic alternative exists.

In plain English

An extract from cress sprouts used to help condition skin. It's made by extracting compounds from the young sprouted plants.

CosIng definition: Lepidium Sativum Sprout Extract is the extract of the sprout of Lepidium sativum L., Brassicaceae

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