How we scored it
Botanical leaf extract; pulled out with solvent or water. This site's convention: 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
Produced by extracting the leaves of Vitex negundo with water or alcohol. No synthetic route exists; sourcing is agricultural or wild-harvested.
In plain English
A conditioning and antioxidant extract from the leaves of the Vitex negundo shrub, used in skincare to help condition skin and provide antioxidant benefits.
CosIng definition: Vitex Negundo Leaf Extract is the extract of the leaves of Vitex negundo.
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.
- 2VITEX NEGUNDO LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 3VITEX NEGUNDO LEAF EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=VITEX%20NEGUNDO%20LEAF%20EXTRACT