How we scored it
Extract of a mushroom (fungal biomass); natural microbial/fungal 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
Extracted from the fruiting body of the mushroom Phellinus linteus. No synthetic route.
In plain English
An extract from the Phellinus linteus mushroom, used for skin conditioning. A natural fungal extract, not lab-made.
CosIng definition: Phellinus Linteus Extract is an extract of the Mushroom, Phellinus linteus, Hymenochaetaceae
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.
- 2PHELLINUS LINTEUS EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PHELLINUS LINTEUS EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PHELLINUS%20LINTEUS%20EXTRACT