Database/Antistatic/Glucosamine
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Glucosamine natural?

Yes. Made by hydrolysing natural chitin or by fermentation; no petrochemical fragment in either route.

INCI nameGlucosamine
CAS3416-24-8
FormulaC6H13NO5 · 179.17 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockTraditionally produced by acid hydrolysis of chitin from…

How we scored it

C6H13NO5; commercial supply from crustacean-shell chitin hydrolysis or microbial fermentation, both natural routes = 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

Traditionally produced by acid hydrolysis of chitin from shellfish shells; also made by fermenting plant-based sugars with fungi for vegetarian sources. Both routes are natural-origin.

In plain English

A sugar-derived compound used to condition hair and reduce static. Made either from shellfish shells or, increasingly, by fermenting plant sugars for a vegetarian version.

Structure

2D structure of Glucosamine

(3R,4R,5S,6R)-3-amino-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,4,5-triol

PubChem CID 439213 ↗

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. 2Glucosamine. PubChem CID 439213. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3GLUCOSAMINE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4GLUCOSAMINE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=GLUCOSAMINE