How we scored it
Botanical fruit 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 fruit of Trichosanthes kirilowii (Chinese cucumber/snake gourd) using water or solvent extraction. No petrochemical alternative route exists for this extract.
In plain English
An extract from the fruit of the Chinese cucumber plant, used to condition skin. Made by extracting compounds from the fruit.
CosIng definition: Trichosanthes Kirilowii Fruit Extract is the extract of the fruit of Trichosanthes Kirilowii, Cururbitaceae
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.
- 2TRICHOSANTHES KIRILOWII FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRICHOSANTHES KIRILOWII FRUIT EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRICHOSANTHES%20KIRILOWII%20FRUIT%20EXTRACT