What does Stearamidoethyl diethylamine do?

Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner and an antistatic agent.

Is Stearamidoethyl diethylamine safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

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Stearamidoethyl diethylamine

CAS 16889-14-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Stearamidoethyl diethylamine in plain language

What it is: Also known as Amidoamine S · Chemical Base 6532 · Diethylaminoethylstearamide · Diethylaminoethyl stearamide · Lexamine 22 · Octadecanamide, N- 2-(diethylamino)ethyl -
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Stearic acid diethylaminoethylamide · Sapamine COB-ST · Sapamine COB-ST (VAN) · N-diethylethylenediamine condensate Stearic acid-N · UNII-25FFJ4209Z
What it does: Used in cosmetics as a hair conditioner and an antistatic agent.
Hair conditioning
Antistatic
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. Stearamidoethyl diethylamine appears in these published regulatory listings.

Inactive ingredient in US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
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USFDAinactive ingredient database2 entries — 2 administration routes
- Route: TOPICAL; Dosage form: OINTMENT; Potency: NASource →
- Route: VAGINAL; Dosage form: CREAM; Potency: 2.5 %w/wSource →
EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.Source →
USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 28 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Anti-static agent, Softener and conditioner.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 28 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Anti-static agent, 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 Stearamidoethyl diethylamine. 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 Stearamidoethyl diethylamine yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

7 data sources

Where this comes from

CosIng
regulatory · updated 2026-09-23
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EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated November 2014
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA Inactive Ingredient Database
regulatory · updated 2026-01-09
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FDA GSRS UNII
registry · updated 2026-02-26
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openFDA Substance
registry · updated 2026-05-24
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PubChem Live Enrichment
chemistry · updated 2026-05-17
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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 Stearamidoethyl diethylamine in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

Named organisations

Personal care

Typical roles

Hair conditioningAntistaticConditioner

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