The phrase "a natural component of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is inherently part of a larger system or context, often in scientific or descriptive writing.
Example: "Water is a natural component of the Earth's ecosystem, playing a vital role in supporting life."
Alternatives: "an inherent part of" or "a fundamental element of".
Self-pity is a natural component of grief, of a roused sense of mortality, but in Dianamania it sourly predominated.
Synephrine is a natural component of Citrus aurantium, otherwise known as bitter orange, but it can also be synthesised or extracted from plant sources.
The combination of storing unreleased carbon and protecting ecosystems should make protected areas a natural component of any strategy discussed in Copenhagen.
For example, nanoparticles of calcium hydroxyapatite, a natural component of bone, used in combination with collagen or collagen substitutes could be used in future tissue-repair therapies.
"The questions SETI asks are a natural component of the questions that get asked in astrobiology," said Dr. Christopher F. Chyba, a Stanford professor who is head of astrobiology research at the SETI Institute.
The area of the Texas City refinery where the explosion occurred took naptha, a natural component of crude oil that is isolated by distillation, and converted it to other chemicals in pressurized vessels under high temperature.
Apparently, calcium is present mostly as a natural component of wood.
Hyaluronic acid (or hyaluronan), a natural component of cartilage, is a linear polysaccharide comprising repeating disaccharide units of D-glucoronic acid and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine.
It is also well known that hippuric acid, a natural component of milk, may be converted to benzoic acid by the fermentation of lactic acid bacteria.
Sulfate is a natural component of soils and underground waters, and it is present in chromate solutions, which are one of the main causes of pollution by Cr.
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a natural component of meat and dairy products with anticarcinogenic, fat lowering, antiatherogenic and anticatabolic activity in animals.
