Database/Antistatic/Myristamide MEA
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Myristamide MEA natural?

Mostly. Myristic acid fragment is coconut/palm-kernel oleochemical; the ethanolamine head group is made from petrochemical ethylene oxide.

INCI nameMyristamide MEA
CAS142-58-5
FormulaC16H33NO2 · 271.44 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Foam Boosting Surfactant
FeedstockMyristamide MEA is made by condensing natural myristic…

How we scored it

Myristoyl C14H27O (natural, oleochemical) 211.4 Da + -NHCH2CH2OH (petrochemical, ex-ethylene oxide) C2H6NO 60.1 Da → 211.4/271.4 = 0.78
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

Myristamide MEA is made by condensing natural myristic acid, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil, with ethanolamine, a small amino-alcohol derived from petrochemical ethylene oxide. The fatty chain accounts for most of the molecule's mass.

In plain English

A foam-boosting, thickening ingredient used in shampoos and cleansers. It is made by combining a coconut- or palm-derived fatty acid with a small synthetic building block called ethanolamine.

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Structure

2D structure of Myristamide MEA

N-(2-hydroxyethyl)tetradecanamide

PubChem CID 8890 ↗

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. 2Myristamide MEA. PubChem CID 8890. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRISTAMIDE MEA. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRISTAMIDE MEA. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTAMIDE%20MEA