Database/Skin Conditioning/Sodium Dermatan Sulfate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Dermatan Sulfate natural?

Yes. Extracted from animal connective tissue like related GAGs (e.g. hyaluronic, chondroitin sulfate); sulfate and sodium fragments are natural-origin by convention.

INCI nameSodium Dermatan Sulfate
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted and purified from animal (typically porcine) connective…

How we scored it

Sulfated glycosaminoglycan extracted from animal tissue; the sulfate ester and sodium counter-ion count as natural, and the backbone is a natural biopolymer.
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 and purified from animal (typically porcine) connective tissue, analogous to chondroitin/dermatan sulfate sourcing. No synthetic route is used commercially.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient derived from a natural sulfated sugar-polymer found in animal connective tissue, similar to the more familiar chondroitin sulfate.

CosIng definition: Poly(N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-4-sulfate), sodium salts

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