Database/Hair Conditioning/Myristoyl Glutamic Acid
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myristoyl Glutamic Acid natural?

Yes. Amide of coconut/palm-derived myristic acid and fermentation-derived glutamic acid; both fragments natural origin.

INCI nameMyristoyl Glutamic Acid
CAS53576-52-6
FormulaC19H35NO5 · 357.5 Da
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by acylating glutamic acid (from fermentation) with…

How we scored it

Myristic acid (C14H28O2, ~228 Da, coconut/palm) + glutamic acid (C5H9NO4, ~147 Da, fermentation) - H2O (18) = 357 Da; all-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

Made by acylating glutamic acid (from fermentation) with myristic acid derived from coconut or palm kernel oil. No significant petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

A hair- and skin-conditioning ingredient made by joining a coconut/palm-derived fatty acid to the amino acid glutamic acid.

Structure

2D structure of Myristoyl Glutamic Acid

(2S)-2-(tetradecanoylamino)pentanedioic acid

PubChem CID 18634845 ↗

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. 2Myristoyl Glutamic Acid. PubChem CID 18634845. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRISTOYL GLUTAMIC ACID. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRISTOYL GLUTAMIC ACID. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTOYL%20GLUTAMIC%20ACID