How we scored it
Lignan isolated/extracted from Schisandra chinensis fruit; commercial supply is extraction, not synthesis; whole molecule traced to plant source, 432/432 = 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
Isolated from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis (wu wei zi), a berry used in traditional Chinese medicine. No commercially significant petrochemical synthesis route is used.
In plain English
A natural compound extracted from the fruit of Schisandra chinensis, a berry used in traditional Chinese herbalism, used here as a brightening ingredient.
Structure
(9S,10S)-3,4,5,14,15,16-hexamethoxy-9,10-dimethyltricyclo[10.4.0.02,7]hexadeca-1(16),2,4,6,12,14-hexaen-9-ol
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.
- 2Schisandrin. PubChem CID 3001664. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3SCHISANDRIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4SCHISANDRIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SCHISANDRIN