How we scored it
Volatile oil from fruit: constituents are plant-isolated terpenoids and other volatiles (b, n = 1) with no added synthetic fragments. NOI = 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
Dominant feedstock is the dried fruit of Terminalia chebula, steam-distilled or extracted to give the volatile oil. No alternative route is commercially significant.
In plain English
A volatile (essential) oil from the fruit of Terminalia chebula, the black myrobalan tree of South Asia, used in hair conditioning products. It is recovered from the fruit by distillation or extraction and is made of naturally occurring plant compounds.
CosIng definition: Terminalia Chebula Fruit Oil is the volatile oil obtained from the fruit of Terminalia chebula, 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 CHEBULA FRUIT OIL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TERMINALIA CHEBULA FRUIT OIL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TERMINALIA%20CHEBULA%20FRUIT%20OIL