Skip to content
  • beauty
  • industrial

Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide

CAS 153967-07-8

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

159978-41-3 · 411239-20-8 · 110483-07-3

Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Cetyl-pg hydroxyethyl palmitamide”.

Also known as Cetyl-pg hydroxyethyl palmitamide · Sphingolipid E · (±)-hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide · Cetyl pg hydroxyethyl palmitamide · Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide, (±)- · Sphingolipid-e

Show all 15 names

(+/-)-hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide · Ceramide sl · Ec 408-110-4 · EX-A11874 · Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide, (+/-)- · Pugfcqqoyjmkoo-uhfffaoysa-n · Sphingolipid E66 · TN11312 · UNII-ISA73Z2140

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a humectant, an emollient and a skin-conditioning agent.

  • Humectant
  • Emollient
  • Skin conditioning
  • Conditioner
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. Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActive2 entries
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Softener and conditioner.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Softener and conditioner.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide. 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 Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →
  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-12-20

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

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 Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

HumectantEmollientSkin conditioningConditioner
See products using Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide →

Catalog

Found in these products

Cosmetic and personal-care products that list Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide are shown first. Their ingredient lists include Hydroxyethyl palmityl oxyhydroxypropyl palmitamide; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.