Database/Skin Conditioning/Arginine HCl
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Arginine HCl natural?

Yes. Hydrochloride salt of the fermentation-derived amino acid arginine; chloride counted as a natural mineral fragment.

INCI nameArginine HCl
CAS1119-34-2
FormulaC6H15ClN4O2 · 210.66 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockArginine is produced by bacterial fermentation of plant…

How we scored it

Fermentation amino acid arginine (natural) + HCl counter-ion (mineral-derived, natural per salt convention). 1.0
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

Arginine is produced by bacterial fermentation of plant sugars, then isolated as its hydrochloride salt. No petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning amino acid salt made by fermenting plant sugars, then combined with a small amount of mineral acid to stabilise it as a powder.

Structure

2D structure of Arginine HCl

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

PubChem CID 66250 ↗

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 HCl. PubChem CID 66250. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ARGININE HCL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ARGININE HCL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ARGININE%20HCL