Database/Skin Conditioning/Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Oil
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Oil natural?

Yes. Volatile oil traces entirely to schisandra fruit material; no petrochemical solvent mass remains in the final oil.

INCI nameSchisandra Chinensis Fruit Oil
CAS223748-53-6
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by distillation or expression from the fruit…

How we scored it

Botanical fruit oil; this site's convention oils = 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 distillation or expression from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis. No alternative synthetic route is used commercially.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning oil pressed or distilled from the fruit of the schisandra plant, a berry used in traditional Asian herbalism.

CosIng definition: Schisandra Chinensis Fruit Oil is the volatile oil derived from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, Schisandraceae.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCHISANDRA%20CHINENSIS%20FRUIT%20OIL