Database/Skin Conditioning/Erucic Acid
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Erucic Acid natural?

Yes. Erucic acid is a long-chain fatty acid obtained directly from crambe or high-erucic rapeseed oil, with no significant petrochemical route.

INCI nameErucic Acid
CAS112-86-7
FormulaC22H42O2 · 338.6 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockCommercially extracted from crambe seed oil or high-erucic-acid…

How we scored it

C22 monounsaturated fatty acid from crambe/high-erucic rapeseed oil; entirely natural. 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

Commercially extracted from crambe seed oil or high-erucic-acid rapeseed (mustard family) oil by hydrolysis. There is no significant synthetic production route.

In plain English

A fatty acid from rapeseed or crambe seed oil used to condition skin. It helps soften and smooth skin in lotions and creams.

Structure

2D structure of Erucic Acid

(Z)-docos-13-enoic acid

PubChem CID 5281116 ↗

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. 2Erucic Acid. PubChem CID 5281116. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3ERUCIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4ERUCIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=ERUCIC%20ACID