Table 2 provides a compendium of natural products that have been approved as cosmetic ingredients in the
official book compiled by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan before the flexible regulation of
2001. When you look at the individual entries, plant species and extract process materials, such as the extracting
solvent, are limited to the actual official book details. A large portion of products in Table 2 has come from
plant materials, indicating the diversity of plants. It is something that shows how many botanical constituents