How we scored it
Botanical bark/root 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
Extracted from the bark and root of the muira puama (potency wood) tree using water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic alternative exists.
In plain English
A bark and root extract from the muira puama tree, used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
CosIng definition: Ptychopetalum Olacoides 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 EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3PTYCHOPETALUM OLACOIDES 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%20EXTRACT