Database/Emollient/Tribehenin
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Tribehenin natural?

Yes. Triester of plant-derived glycerin and behenic acid from vegetable oil.

INCI nameTribehenin
CAS18641-57-1
FormulaC69H134O6 · 1059.8 Da
FunctionEmollient · Skin Conditioning
FeedstockMade by fully esterifying glycerin with behenic acid…

How we scored it

Glycerin (natural) fully esterified with three behenic acid chains (oleochemical, natural); no petrochemical fragment.
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 fully esterifying glycerin with behenic acid from hydrogenated vegetable oils. No petrochemical route is used.

In plain English

A waxy, solid emollient made from glycerin and a vegetable-oil fatty acid. Used to thicken and stabilise creams and sticks.

Structure

2D structure of Tribehenin

2,3-di(docosanoyloxy)propyl docosanoate

PubChem CID 62726 ↗

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. 2Tribehenin. PubChem CID 62726. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3TRIBEHENIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4TRIBEHENIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIBEHENIN