How we scored it
Trifolium Pratense Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves of Trifolium pratense (red clover); botanical extracts are 1.0 whatever extraction solvent is used, because the solvent is not part of the counted ingredient.
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 leaves of red clover, Trifolium pratense, usually with water, glycerin or glycol.
In plain English
An extract made from red clover leaves. Used in skincare as an antioxidant and skin conditioner.
CosIng definition: Trifolium Pratense Leaf Extract is an extract of the leaves obtained from the Red Clover, Trifolium pratense L., Leguminosae
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.
- 2TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIFOLIUM%20PRATENSE%20LEAF%20EXTRACT