Official EU label nameGlossary entry 17076

MYRISTIC ACID

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

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Resolved substance identity

CAS:544-63-8

EC:208-875-2

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MYRISTIC ACID

Cosmetic functions: CLEANSING, PERFUMING, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING

Tetradecanoic acid

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MYRISTIC ACID

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None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name MYRISTIC ACID.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 544-63-8

CAS 544-63-8PubChem CID 11005

Myristic Acid

Tetradecanoic acid is a straight-chain, fourteen-carbon, long-chain saturated fatty acid mostly found in milk fat. It has a role as a human metabolite, an EC 3.1.1.1 (carboxylesterase) inhibitor, a Daphnia magna metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a long-chain fatty acid and a straight-chain saturated fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a tetradecanoate. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: tetradecanoic acid

Molecular formula: C14H28O2
Molecular weight: 228.37 g/mol
Exact mass: 228.208930132 Da
XLogP3: 5.3
Topological polar surface area: 37.3 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 2
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

n-Tetradecanoic acidn-Tetradecoic acidn-Tetradecan-1-oic acidCrodacid1-Tridecanecarboxylic acidHystrene 9014Hydrofol acid 1495Univol U 316S

16 more reported names

Emery 655MyristinsaeureMyristic acid, puretetradecoic acidFEMA No. 2764C14:0NSC-5028PHILACID-1400PRIFRAC-2942Acid, Tetradecanoic0I3V7S25AWCHEBI:28875Acid, Myristicfatty acid 14:0RefChem:6045208-875-2

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:28875
ChEMBL:CHEMBL111077
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6021666
PubMed:31199497
PubMed:29968805
PubMed:23074910
PubMed:22976319
PubMed:22935484
PubMed:22893559
PubMed:22870256
PubMed:22841774
PubMed:22795601
PubMed:22790947
PubMed:22790942
PubMed:22783904

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Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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