How we scored it
Botanical bark extract → 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
Pterocarpus Marsupium Bark Extract is produced by extracting the bark of the Indian Kino tree. No synthetic route exists.
In plain English
A bark extract from the Indian Kino tree, used to condition hair and skin and help protect against oxidative damage.
CosIng definition: Pterocarpus Marsupium Bark Extract is the extract of the bark of Pterocarpus marsupium.
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.
- 2PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM BARK EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTEROCARPUS MARSUPIUM BARK EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PTEROCARPUS%20MARSUPIUM%20BARK%20EXTRACT