Database/Antimicrobial/Pistacia Lentiscus Seed Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Pistacia Lentiscus Seed Oil natural?

Yes. Fatty acids and glycerol are both biosynthesised in the seed and the oil is recovered by pressing, so every fragment is plant-derived natural origin.

INCI namePistacia Lentiscus Seed Oil
FunctionAntimicrobial
FeedstockSeeds of Pistacia lentiscus grown around the Mediterranean…

How we scored it

Vegetable oil: triglycerides of seed-derived fatty acids and glycerol, all n=1, so 1.0. 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

Seeds of Pistacia lentiscus grown around the Mediterranean are pressed to expel the fixed oil. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A fixed (non-volatile) oil pressed from the seeds of the mastic tree, a Mediterranean shrub, and listed with an antimicrobial function. It is a vegetable oil made of fatty acids bound to glycerin, both produced in the seed.

CosIng definition: Pistacia Lentiscus (Mastic) Seed Oil is the fixed oil expressed from the seeds of Pistacia lentiscus, Anacardiaceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2PISTACIA LENTISCUS SEED OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3PISTACIA LENTISCUS SEED OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PISTACIA%20LENTISCUS%20SEED%20OIL