How we scored it
Plant flower extract; botanical extract category → 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 flowers of Panax ginseng. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
An extract from ginseng flowers. It's used in skincare for its antioxidant and skin-conditioning properties.
CosIng definition: Panax Ginseng Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of Panax ginseng, 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 FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PANAX GINSENG FLOWER 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%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT