How we scored it
Plant extract, no single molecule: all constituents are plant metabolites (n = 1), so natural fraction = 1.0. Extraction solvents and carriers leave no counted mass.
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
Bark and root of muira puama from the Brazilian Amazon are extracted with water, ethanol or a glycol-water solvent and filtered. No synthetic alternative route exists for a botanical extract.
In plain English
An extract of the bark and roots of muira puama (Ptychopetalum olacoides), a small Amazon tree also called potency wood. It is used in cosmetics as an emollient. It is made by soaking bark and root in a solvent and filtering the liquid.
CosIng definition: Ptychopetalum Olacoides Bark/Root Extract is the extract of the bark and root of the Potency Wood, Ptychopetalum olacoides, Olacaceae
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.
- 2PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES BARK/ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES BARK/ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PTYCHOPETALUM%20OLACOIDES%20BARK/ROOT%20EXTRACT