Database/Antimicrobial/Perillyl Alcohol
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Perillyl Alcohol natural?

Yes. Produced from natural citrus/pine monoterpene feedstock (limonene) or isolated from essential oils; oxidising reagents contribute no mass.

INCI namePerillyl Alcohol
CAS536-59-4
FormulaC10H16O · 152.23 Da
FunctionAntimicrobial · Antioxidant
FeedstockCommercial perillyl alcohol is made by oxidising d-limonene…

How we scored it

C10H16O monoterpenol; skeleton traceable to citrus d-limonene via oxidation, oxidant leaves no mass in product; 152/152 natural.
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

Commercial perillyl alcohol is made by oxidising d-limonene recovered from citrus peel oil, a juice-industry byproduct. It also occurs naturally in lavender, mint and cherries.

In plain English

A minty, herbal alcohol used as a fragrance and preservative booster. It's made from limonene, the citrus-peel terpene, or found naturally in lavender and mint oils.

Structure

2D structure of Perillyl Alcohol

(4-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohexen-1-yl)methanol

PubChem CID 10819 ↗

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. 2Perillyl Alcohol. PubChem CID 10819. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3PERILLYL ALCOHOL. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4PERILLYL ALCOHOL. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PERILLYL%20ALCOHOL