Database/Emollient/Cerebrosides
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Cerebrosides natural?

Yes. Cerebrosides are natural sphingolipids isolated directly from animal brain and central nervous system tissue.

INCI nameCerebrosides
CAS85116-74-1
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockIsolated by extraction from animal (typically bovine) brain…

How we scored it

Whole sphingolipid isolated from animal CNS tissue; no petrochemical fragment = 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

Isolated by extraction from animal (typically bovine) brain and spinal cord tissue. No synthetic or petrochemical route is used commercially.

In plain English

Fatty lipid molecules naturally found in nerve tissue, used to condition and protect skin. Obtained by extraction from animal brain and nervous tissue.

CosIng definition: Cerebrosides are sphingolipids isolated from the brain and central nervous system of animals

Structure

2D structure of Cerebrosides

PubChem CID 10056286 ↗

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. 2Cerebrosides. PubChem CID 10056286. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3CEREBROSIDES. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4CEREBROSIDES. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CEREBROSIDES