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Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Myristyl Nicotinate natural?

Mostly. Myristyl alcohol is natural oleochemical; nicotinic acid is predominantly petrochemical.

INCI nameMyristyl Nicotinate
CAS273203-62-6
FunctionHair Conditioning · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMyristyl alcohol comes from coconut or palm kernel…

How we scored it

Myristyl-O (C14H29O, 213Da, natural oleochemical) + nicotinoyl (C6H4NO, 106Da, petrochemical 3-cyanopyridine route) = 213/319 approx 0.67.
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 comes from coconut or palm kernel oil; nicotinic acid is mainly synthesized from petrochemical 3-cyanopyridine. The ester combines a natural alcohol with a petrochemical acid.

In plain English

An ester combining a coconut or palm-derived fatty alcohol with a form of niacin (vitamin B3), used as a skin and hair conditioning agent.

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Structure

2D structure of Myristyl Nicotinate

PubChem CID 531641 ↗

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 Nicotinate. PubChem CID 531641. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3MYRISTYL NICOTINATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4MYRISTYL NICOTINATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=MYRISTYL%20NICOTINATE