How we scored it
C14H30O fatty alcohol; oleochemical, cosmetic-grade assumed from natural fats; 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
Myristyl Alcohol is produced by hydrogenating myristic acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. A petrochemical (Ziegler/oxo) alcohol route exists for this carbon length but is not the typical cosmetic-grade source.
In plain English
A fatty alcohol used as an emollient and to stabilize lotions and foams. It's typically made from coconut or palm kernel oil by isolating and reducing its natural C14 fatty acid.
Structure
tetradecan-1-ol
References
- 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.
- 2Myristyl Alcohol. PubChem CID 8209. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
- 3MYRISTYL ALCOHOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
- 4MYRISTYL ALCOHOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTYL%20ALCOHOL