How we scored it
Botanical root extract — this site's convention scores all plant 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
Extracted from the dried roots of Smilax glabra (Tu Fu Ling) using water or solvent extraction. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this extract.
In plain English
An extract from the root of a sarsaparilla-family plant used in traditional medicine, used here to condition skin. Made by extracting the dried root.
CosIng definition: Smilax Glabra Root Extract is an extract of roots of Smilax glabra, Liliaceae
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.
- 2SMILAX GLABRA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3SMILAX GLABRA ROOT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SMILAX%20GLABRA%20ROOT%20EXTRACT