beauty
cleaning

Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane

CAS 38517-23-6

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

79811-24-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane in plain language

What it is: On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Sodium stearoyl glutamate”.
Also known as Sodium stearoyl glutamate · Sodium hydrogen N-(1-oxooctadecyl)-L-glutamate
What it does: Used in cosmetics as an emulsifier, a skin-conditioning agent and a cleansing agent.
Emulsifying
Skin conditioning
Cleansing
Hair conditioning
Emulsifier
Surfactant
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 506 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Emulsifier, Cleaning agent.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 506 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner, Emulsifier, Cleaning agent.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

SCCS
EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety
No SCCS opinion on file.
CIR
Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)
No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

3 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated September 2018
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

506

Named organisations

Personal care

Typical roles

EmulsifyingSkin conditioningCleansingHair conditioningEmulsifierSurfactant

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Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Sodium 1-[(5-oxidanidyl-5-oxidanylidene-L-norvalyl)oxy]-1-oxooctadecane in the catalog.