How we scored it
Whole botanical seed extract; default for plant extracts → 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
Produced by solvent extraction of Psoralea corylifolia (babchi) seeds. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A skin-conditioning extract from babchi seeds, a plant used in traditional herbal preparations. Obtained by extracting the dried seeds, used in skincare for conditioning.
CosIng definition: Psoralea Corylifolia Seed Extract is an extract of the seeds of Psoralea corylifolia L., Leguminosae
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.
- 2PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA SEED EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PSORALEA%20CORYLIFOLIA%20SEED%20EXTRACT