How we scored it
Whole-plant extract of alfalfa; botanical extracts are natural origin by this site's 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
Medicago Sativa Extract is obtained by extracting the whole alfalfa (lucerne) plant. It is used directly as the plant extract.
In plain English
An extract of the whole alfalfa plant, a legume also known as lucerne. Used in cosmetics as a tonic ingredient.
CosIng definition: Medicago Sativa Extract is an extract of the whole plant of the Alfa-alfa (Alfalfa) or Lucerne, Medicago sativa L., Leguminosae
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.
- 2MEDICAGO SATIVA EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MEDICAGO SATIVA EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MEDICAGO%20SATIVA%20EXTRACT