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Palmitoylcarnitine

CAS 1935-18-8

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

929-78-2 · 3766-08-3 · 22981-42-6

Palmitoylcarnitine chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Palmitoylcarnitine in plain language

What it is

Also known as (+-)-Palmitoyl carnitine · Palmitoyl carnitine, (+/-)- · Palmitoyl carnitine, (±)- · 3-(Hexadecanoyloxy)-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate · Dl-palmitoylcarnitine · O-hexadecanoyl-dl-carnitine

Show all 20 names

Palmitoyl dl-carnitine · Palmityl-dl-carnitine · (+/-)-palmitoyl carnitine · (±)-palmitoyl carnitine · 3-(hexadecanoyloxy)-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate · Acylcarnitine C16:0 · C23H45NO4 · O-hexadecanoylcarnitine · O-palmitoylcarnitine · Palmitylcarnitine · UNII-U8K6DKA8V2 · carnitine palmitate · hexadecanoylcarnitines · palmitoyl carnitine

What it does

Used in consumer products as a conditioner.

  • Conditioner
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Palmitoylcarnitine appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • Cleaning
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Softener and conditioner.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 6 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including 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 Palmitoylcarnitine. 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 Palmitoylcarnitine yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated September 2013

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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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 Palmitoylcarnitine in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

6

Named organisations

4

Personal care

Typical roles

Conditioner
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