How we scored it
Botanical extract (fruit pericarp) — this site's convention scores all plant extracts 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 the pericarp (skin) of lychee fruit, Litchi chinensis, typically using water or a water/glycol solvent. No alternative petrochemical route exists for this extract.
In plain English
An extract from lychee fruit skins, used to condition skin. Made by extracting compounds from the fruit peel with a solvent.
CosIng definition: Litchi Chinensis Pericarp Extract is an extract of the pericarp of the Licci, Litchi chinensis, Sapindaceae
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.
- 2LITCHI CHINENSIS PERICARP EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3LITCHI CHINENSIS PERICARP EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=LITCHI%20CHINENSIS%20PERICARP%20EXTRACT