How we scored it
Botanical extract from cultured Damask-rose cells; plant-cell-culture extracts are scored as 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
This extract is produced by growing callus cells cultured from Damask rose, Rosa damascena, then extracting the culture. No synthetic feedstock is used.
In plain English
An antioxidant, moisturizing extract grown from lab-cultured Damask rose cells rather than harvested rose petals, but still derived from the rose plant.
CosIng definition: Rosa Damascena Callus Culture Extract is the extract of a culture of the callus cells of Rosa damascena, Rosaceae
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.
- 2ROSA DAMASCENA CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3ROSA DAMASCENA CALLUS CULTURE EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ROSA%20DAMASCENA%20CALLUS%20CULTURE%20EXTRACT