Oleyl myristate is a wax ester.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII G3IWT09177 · registered name OLEYL MYRISTATE · single chemical substance
Oleyl myristate is a wax ester.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Alkyl Esters as Used in Cosmetics
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report of the Amended Safety Assessment of Myristic Acid and its Salts and Esters as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
OLEYL MYRISTATEINCI올레일미리스테이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 22393-93-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00945048
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201373375
- IUPAC
- Octadec-9-en-1-yl tetradecanoate
- Molecular formula
- C32H62O2
- Molecular weight
- 478.846 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 1 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 13
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata