How we scored it
Whole botanical wood extract; this site's convention rates botanical 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
Obtained by extraction of the wood of Pterocarpus santalinus (red sandalwood). Entirely plant-derived.
In plain English
An extract of red sandalwood wood. Used as a skin-tightening and toning ingredient.
CosIng definition: Pterocarpus Santalinus Wood Extract is an extract of the wood of the Red Sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus 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.
- 2PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTEROCARPUS SANTALINUS WOOD EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PTEROCARPUS%20SANTALINUS%20WOOD%20EXTRACT