How we scored it
Steam-distilled curry leaf oil, mostly terpenes, all plant-derived (n=1, b); no added fragments. 1.0 x 100% = 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
Dominant feedstock is the leaf of Murraya koenigii steam-distilled to an essential oil. No alternative route supplies the whole oil.
In plain English
The aromatic oil steam-distilled from curry leaves (Murraya koenigii). It is listed with a preservative function. It is made entirely from the leaf's natural volatile compounds, mostly terpenes.
CosIng definition: Murraya Koenigii Leaf Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the leaves of Murraya koenigii, Rutaceae.
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.
- 2MURRAYA KOENIGII LEAF OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3MURRAYA KOENIGII LEAF OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MURRAYA%20KOENIGII%20LEAF%20OIL