Database/Emollient/Lunaria Annua Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Lunaria Annua Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Glycerol and the long-chain fatty acids are both from pressed Lunaria annua seed, so every fragment is plant-derived natural origin (n=1).

INCI nameLunaria Annua Seed Oil
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockLunaria annua seeds are mechanically pressed and the…

How we scored it

Triglycerides of glycerol (n=1) and plant fatty acids, incl. erucic and nervonic acids (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

Lunaria annua seeds are mechanically pressed and the fixed oil filtered, as CosIng describes. No synthetic route exists for the oil itself.

In plain English

An emollient (skin-softening) plant oil pressed from the seeds of honesty (Lunaria annua), a mustard-family garden plant. Its fatty acids include a high share of long-chain erucic and nervonic acids.

CosIng definition: Lunaria Annua Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Lunaria annua.

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