How we scored it
Extract of perilla callus cells grown in culture: cell metabolites and sugars are plant-cell-derived (n=1); culture medium and solvent leave no mass. Total 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 route is plant cell culture: perilla callus cells are grown in a bioreactor, harvested and extracted. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
An extract made from perilla cells grown in a laboratory culture rather than harvested from the field. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Perilla Frutescens Callus Culture Extract is the extract of a culture of the callus cells of Perilla frutescens, Lamiaceae
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.
- 2PERILLA FRUTESCENS CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PERILLA FRUTESCENS CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PERILLA%20FRUTESCENS%20CALLUS%20CULTURE%20EXTRACT