Database/Antistatic/Pyridoxine Tripalmitate
Mostly natural · ISO 16128

Is Pyridoxine Tripalmitate natural?

Mostly. Palmitic acid comes from vegetable oils, but commercial pyridoxine is fully synthetic (oxazole Diels-Alder route), so the vitamin core is petrochemical.

INCI namePyridoxine Tripalmitate
CAS4372-46-7
FormulaC56H101NO6 · 884.4 Da
FunctionAntistatic · Hair Conditioning
FeedstockDominant route: synthetic pyridoxine, built from petrochemical oxazole…

How we scored it

Pyridoxine core C8H8NO3 166.2 Da synthetic, petrochemical; three palmitoyl C16H31O at 239.4 = 718.3 natural; total 884.4; 718.3/884.4 = 0.81.
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

Dominant route: synthetic pyridoxine, built from petrochemical oxazole and C4 building blocks, is esterified with palmitic acid from palm or coconut oil. Fermentation-derived vitamin B6 is not commercially significant.

In plain English

A fat-soluble form of vitamin B6 made by attaching three palmitic acid chains (from palm or coconut oil) to pyridoxine. Used to condition skin and hair and reduce static. The pyridoxine part is made by chemical synthesis.

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Structure

2D structure of Pyridoxine Tripalmitate

[5-hexadecanoyloxy-4-(hexadecanoyloxymethyl)-6-methyl-3-pyridinyl]methyl hexadecanoate

PubChem CID 20390 ↗

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. 2Pyridoxine Tripalmitate. PubChem CID 20390. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3PYRIDOXINE TRIPALMITATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4PYRIDOXINE TRIPALMITATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=PYRIDOXINE%20TRIPALMITATE