Database/Skin Conditioning/Tribulus Terrestris Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Tribulus Terrestris Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is a solvent extract of the Tribulus terrestris plant with no synthetic modification.

INCI nameTribulus Terrestris Extract
CAS90131-68-3
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockExtracted from the Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine) plant…

How we scored it

Whole-plant extract; botanical extracts are 1.0 by convention regardless of the marker-compound formula supplied.
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 Tribulus terrestris (puncture vine) plant using conventional solvent extraction. No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A plant extract from Tribulus terrestris, used to condition skin. Made by extracting the plant with a solvent; no synthetic processing involved.

CosIng definition: Tribulus Terrestris Extract is an extract of the Small Caltrop, Tribulus terrestris L., Zygophyllaceae

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