Database/Cleansing/Myristyl Glucoside
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Myristyl Glucoside natural?

Yes. Built from natural glucose and a coconut/palm-derived C14 fatty alcohol via a glycoside bond, per the glycoside convention.

INCI nameMyristyl Glucoside
CAS33508-66-6
FormulaC20H40O6 · 376.5 Da
FunctionCleansing
FeedstockMade by reacting glucose (from starch) with myristyl…

How we scored it

Glucose (sugar, natural) glycoside-linked to myristyl alcohol (C14 fatty alcohol, assumed oleochemical); both fragments 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 reacting glucose (from starch) with myristyl alcohol, typically from coconut or palm kernel oil. No petrochemical route is commercially significant for this alcohol range.

In plain English

A mild, sugar-based cleansing agent made from plant glucose and coconut fatty alcohol, used in gentle cleansers.

Structure

2D structure of Myristyl Glucoside

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

PubChem CID 10126394 ↗

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. 2Myristyl Glucoside. PubChem CID 10126394. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRISTYL GLUCOSIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRISTYL GLUCOSIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTYL%20GLUCOSIDE