Is Piper Sarmentosum Leaf Extract natural?

Q: Is Piper Sarmentosum Leaf Extract natural?

Piper Sarmentosum Leaf Extract has a Natural Origin Index (NOI) of 1.00 (scale 0–1) per ISO 16128. Leaf extract from Piper sarmentosum; no petrochemical fragment present. An NOI of 1.00 means 100% of its molecular mass is traceable to a natural, renewable source.

Yes. Leaf extract from Piper sarmentosum; no petrochemical fragment present.

INCI namePiper Sarmentosum Leaf Extract

FunctionSkin Conditioning

FeedstockExtracted from the leaves of Piper sarmentosum, a…

How we scored it

Whole-leaf extract; natural botanical extract = 1.0 by this site's convention.

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 leaves of Piper sarmentosum, a Southeast Asian culinary and medicinal herb. No significant alternative route.

In plain English

An extract of wild betel (Piper sarmentosum) leaves, a Southeast Asian herb, used to condition skin in cosmetic formulas.

CosIng definition: Piper Sarmentosum Leaf Extract is the extract of the leaves of Piper sarmentosum, Piperaceae.

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.
2PIPER SARMENTOSUM LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
3PIPER SARMENTOSUM LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PIPER%20SARMENTOSUM%20LEAF%20EXTRACT