How we scored it
Botanical tuber extract; all carbon from Pinellia ternata plant material, no synthetic fragments.
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 extracting the tuber of Pinellia ternata (Araceae), grown mainly in East Asia. No synthetic alternative exists for this botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract from the tuber of the Pinellia ternata plant, used in skincare as a conditioning ingredient. It is obtained directly from the plant, grown mainly in East Asia.
CosIng definition: Pinellia Ternata Tuber Extract is an extract of the tuber of Pinellia ternata, Araceae
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.
- 2PINELLIA TERNATA TUBER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PINELLIA TERNATA TUBER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PINELLIA%20TERNATA%20TUBER%20EXTRACT