How we scored it
Plant cell-culture (callus) biomass is still botanical material = 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
Produced by growing ginseng callus (plant cell culture) in a bioreactor, then extracting it. An alternative to field-grown root extract, but still plant-derived.
In plain English
An extract from ginseng plant cells grown in culture rather than in soil. Provides similar plant compounds to field-grown ginseng for conditioning and protecting skin.
CosIng definition: Panax Ginseng Callus Extract is the extract of the callus of Panax ginseng grown in culture, Araliaceae.
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.
- 2PANAX GINSENG CALLUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PANAX GINSENG CALLUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PANAX%20GINSENG%20CALLUS%20EXTRACT