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Aesculus turbinata bark

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Aesculus turbinata bark in plain language

What it is

Also known as Japanese horse chestnut bark

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent. Aesculus Turbinata Bark is the plant material obtained from the dried, cut bark of the Chestnut, Aesculus turbinata, Hippocastanaceae.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

FDA GSRS classifies this ingredient as ingredient substance structurallydiverse.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Aesculus turbinata bark appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveAesculus Turbinata Bark is the plant material obtained from the dried, cut bark of the Chestnut, Aesculus turbinata, Hippocastanaceae
    • Aesculus Turbinata Bark is the plant material obtained from the dried, cut bark of the Chestnut, Aesculus turbinata, HippocastanaceaeSource →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Aesculus turbinata bark. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Aesculus turbinata bark yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • Tree nutsContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.