How we scored it
Triglycerides of glycerol (n=1) and plant fatty acids, mainly hydroxylated lesquerolic acid (n=1); no other fragment. 1.00 / 1.00 = 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
Lesquerella fendleri seeds are mechanically pressed and the oil filtered, as CosIng describes. No synthetic route exists for the oil itself.
In plain English
A conditioning plant oil pressed from the seeds of bladderpod (Lesquerella fendleri), a mustard-family plant from the southwestern United States. Its fatty acids are largely lesquerolic acid, a close relative of the hydroxylated fatty acid in castor oil. It is used for skin and hair conditioning.
CosIng definition: Lesquerella Fendleri Seed Oil is the oil expressed from the seeds of Lesquerella fendleri, Brassicaceae
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.
- 2LESQUERELLA FENDLERI SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LESQUERELLA FENDLERI SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LESQUERELLA%20FENDLERI%20SEED%20OIL