How we scored it
Whole bark material (tannins, triterpenoid acids, fibre, minerals), all plant-grown; no added fragment or solvent, natural mass equals total mass, 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
Bark of the arjuna tree (Terminalia arjuna) from South Asia, dried and usually ground to a powder. No synthetic route exists for this material.
In plain English
The dried, usually ground bark of the arjuna tree (Terminalia arjuna), which is native to South Asia. It is listed as a skin-protecting ingredient. Because it is whole plant material it contains tannins, triterpenoid compounds and fibre rather than one pure chemical.
CosIng definition: Terminalia Arjuna Bark is the bark of the Terminalia arjuna, Combretaceae
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.
- 2TERMINALIA ARJUNA BARK. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TERMINALIA ARJUNA BARK. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TERMINALIA%20ARJUNA%20BARK