Database/Antioxidant/Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate natural?

Mostly. Vitamin-C and phosphate fragments are natural/mineral; the 3-aminopropyl group is a small synthetic petrochemical amino-alcohol.

INCI nameAminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate
CAS220644-17-7
FormulaC9H16NO9P · 313.20 Da
FunctionAntioxidant · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by phosphorylating fermentation-derived ascorbic acid with phosphoric…

How we scored it

Ascorbic acid + phosphate portion (239.1 Da, natural/mineral) vs 3-aminopropyl portion (74.1 Da, petrochemical amine) of 313.2 Da total; 239.1/313.2=0.76.
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

Made by phosphorylating fermentation-derived ascorbic acid with phosphoric acid, then esterifying with synthetic 3-amino-1-propanol. Only the aminopropyl portion is petrochemical.

In plain English

A stable vitamin C derivative used for its antioxidant and brightening effects on skin. It combines fermentation-derived vitamin C and mineral phosphate with a small synthetic amino-alcohol linker.

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Structure

2D structure of Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate

3-aminopropyl [(2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-3-hydroxy-5-oxo-2H-furan-4-yl] hydrogen phosphate

PubChem CID 54690785 ↗

References

  1. 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.
  2. 2Aminopropyl Ascorbyl Phosphate. PubChem CID 54690785. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3AMINOPROPYL ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4AMINOPROPYL ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=AMINOPROPYL%20ASCORBYL%20PHOSPHATE