How we scored it
Botanical root extract; pulled out with solvent or water. This site's convention: 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 extracting the dried roots of Rhodiola crenulata with water or alcohol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural or wild-harvested.
In plain English
An emollient plant extract from rhodiola root, a hardy mountain herb, used in skincare to help soften and condition the skin.
CosIng definition: Rhodiola Crenulata Root Extract is an extract of the roots Rhodiola crenulata, Crassulaceae
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.
- 2RHODIOLA CRENULATA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3RHODIOLA CRENULATA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=RHODIOLA%20CRENULATA%20ROOT%20EXTRACT