Database/Skin Conditioning/Myristoyl Hexapeptide-14
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myristoyl Hexapeptide-14 natural?

Yes. Myristic acid comes from coconut or palm kernel oil and the six amino acids from fermentation or protein hydrolysate, so every fragment is natural origin.

INCI nameMyristoyl Hexapeptide-14
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockThe hexapeptide is assembled from fermentation-derived amino acids…

How we scored it

Myristoyl C14H27O (myristic acid from coconut or palm kernel) + six amino acids (fermentation or hydrolysate); no petrochemical cap: 1.00.
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

The hexapeptide is assembled from fermentation-derived amino acids and acylated with oleochemical myristic acid. No alternative route exists.

In plain English

A short chain of six amino acids attached to myristic acid, a fatty acid from coconut or palm kernel oil, which helps it stay on the skin. It is used as a skin-conditioning ingredient.

CosIng definition: Myristoyl Hexapeptide-14 is the product obtained by the reaction of myristic acid and Hexapeptide-14

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 HEXAPEPTIDE-14. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3MYRISTOYL HEXAPEPTIDE-14. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTOYL%20HEXAPEPTIDE-14