Database/Hair Conditioning/Arginine Glutamate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Arginine Glutamate natural?

Yes. Both arginine and glutamic acid are fermentation-derived amino acids; the ionic salt bond adds no petrochemical mass.

INCI nameArginine Glutamate
CAS4320-30-3
FormulaC11H23N5O6 · 321.33 Da
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockProduced by combining L-arginine and L-glutamic acid, both…

How we scored it

Salt of L-arginine (174 Da) and L-glutamic acid (147 Da), both amino acids; 174+147=321/321 = 1.00, all natural fragments.
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 combining L-arginine and L-glutamic acid, both made by microbial fermentation of plant sugars such as corn or cane molasses. No petrochemical route is used commercially.

In plain English

A combination of two amino acids that conditions hair and skin, made by fermenting plant sugars with bacteria, similar to how some vitamins and flavourings are produced.

Structure

2D structure of Arginine Glutamate

(2S)-2-amino-5-(diaminomethylideneamino)pentanoic acid;(2S)-2-aminopentanedioic acid

PubChem CID 165268 ↗

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. 2Arginine Glutamate. PubChem CID 165268. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ARGININE GLUTAMATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ARGININE GLUTAMATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARGININE%20GLUTAMATE