Database/Skin Conditioning/Verbascum Thapsus Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Verbascum Thapsus Extract natural?

Yes. Entire ingredient is water/solvent-extracted mullein flower and leaf material; extraction leaves no petrochemical mass in the product.

INCI nameVerbascum Thapsus Extract
CAS90064-13-4
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Smoothing
FeedstockProduced by extracting mullein flowers and leaves (Verbascum…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's convention values botanical extracts at 1.0, no fragment split needed.
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

Produced by extracting mullein flowers and leaves (Verbascum thapsus) with water or a hydro-alcoholic solvent. No synthetic route exists.

In plain English

An extract of mullein flowers and leaves, used to condition and smooth skin. Made by extracting the plant material.

CosIng definition: Verbascum Thapsus Extract is an extract of the flowers and leaves of the Mullein, Verbascum thapsus L., Scrophulariaceae

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