How we scored it
Furanochromone diester: khellactone core (plant chromone) + acetate + 2-methylbutanoate, both natural-sourced short-chain acids. All carbons trace to plant feedstock, C21H24O7 388.4.
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
Traditionally isolated from the fruit of Ammi visnaga (bishop's weed); the furanochromone core and both ester acids are plant-derived. No significant petrochemical route reported for cosmetic use.
In plain English
A compound originally found in the Ammi visnaga plant, used in skin-conditioning products. It is a natural plant chromone combined with two simple natural acids.
Structure
[(9R,10R)-10-acetyloxy-8,8-dimethyl-2-oxo-9,10-dihydropyrano[2,3-f]chromen-9-yl] (2R)-2-methylbutanoate
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.
- 2Visnadine. PubChem CID 442151. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3VISNADINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4VISNADINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VISNADINE