How we scored it
CosIng description: whole-fruit solvent extract of milk thistle (botanical, 1.0); attached formula matches silibinin, the extract's natural marker flavonolignan.
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
Made by extracting milk thistle fruit/seed with a solvent to capture silymarin flavonolignans (including silibinin) for skin conditioning. No synthetic alternative route exists.
In plain English
An extract made from milk thistle fruit. It's valued for antioxidant, skin-conditioning compounds naturally present in the plant. Comes directly from the fruit via simple extraction.
CosIng definition: Silybum Marianum Fruit Extract is an extract of the fruit of the Lady's Thistle, Silybum marianum (L.), Asteraceae
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.
- 2SILYBUM MARIANUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SILYBUM MARIANUM FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SILYBUM%20MARIANUM%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT