Database/Skin Conditioning/Trimyristin
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Trimyristin natural?

Yes. Both glycerin and myristic acid, abundant in coconut oil and nutmeg butter, are natural oleochemical feedstocks.

INCI nameTrimyristin
CAS555-45-3
FormulaC45H86O6 · 723.2 Da
FunctionSkin Conditioning · Viscosity Controlling
FeedstockMade by esterifying vegetable glycerin with myristic acid…

How we scored it

Glycerol (natural) triesterified with three myristic acid units (natural, coconut oil); condensation water not counted → 1.0.
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 esterifying vegetable glycerin with myristic acid from coconut oil. No petrochemical route is used commercially.

In plain English

A skin-conditioning and thickening ingredient made from glycerin and three units of myristic acid, a fatty acid abundant in coconut oil and nutmeg butter.

CosIng definition: Glycerol trimyristate

Structure

2D structure of Trimyristin

2,3-di(tetradecanoyloxy)propyl tetradecanoate

PubChem CID 11148 ↗

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. 2Trimyristin. PubChem CID 11148. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3TRIMYRISTIN. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4TRIMYRISTIN. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=TRIMYRISTIN