Database/Skin Conditioning/Palmitamide
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Palmitamide natural?

Mostly. Fatty amide of palm/coconut palmitic acid; the amide nitrogen comes from ammonia, conventionally non-natural.

INCI namePalmitamide
CAS629-54-9
FormulaC16H33NO · 255.44 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by reacting palmitic acid, typically from palm…

How we scored it

Palmitoyl fragment C16H31O 239.4 Da (oleochemical, natural) + NH2 16.0 Da (ammonia). 239.4/255.44 = 0.94.
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 palmitic acid, typically from palm or coconut oil, with ammonia to form the amide. Ammonia is industrially produced from natural gas.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning ingredient made from palmitic acid, a fatty acid found in palm and coconut oil, combined with ammonia to form an amide.

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Structure

2D structure of Palmitamide

hexadecanamide

PubChem CID 69421 ↗

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. 2Palmitamide. PubChem CID 69421. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3PALMITAMIDE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4PALMITAMIDE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PALMITAMIDE