Tribehenin is a chemical compound produced synthetically from glycerol and behenic acid in the form of glyceryl tribehenate or glycerol triester. It occurs as a white powder.

What it is used for and where

Food

Utilizzato come emulsionante alimentare.

Cosmetics

Mainly used as a thickening and emulsifying agent in personal care products. Emulsifiers have the property of directly influencing the stability, sensory properties and surface tension of sunscreens by modulating their filmometric performance.

Use: 0.5% to 10% on oil at high temperature and until melting.

Safety

Has been deemed safe for human health by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review Panel (1).

Typical commercial product characteristics Glyceryl Behenate

• Molecular Formula  C₆₉H₁₃₄O₆
• Molecular Weight     1059.8
• CAS  18641-57-1
• UNII     8OC9U7TQZ0
• EC Number   242-471-7
• DSSTox Substance ID  DTXSID40171900
• IUPAC  2,3-di(docosanoyloxy)propyl docosanoate
• InChI=1S/C69H134O6/c1-4-7-10-13-16-19-22-25-28-31-34-37-40-43-46-49-52-55-58-61-67(70)73-64-66(75-69(72)63-60-57-54-51-48-45-42-39-36-33-30-27-24-21-18-15-12-9-6-3)65-74-68(71)62-59-56-53-50-47-44-41-38-35-32-29-26-23-20-17-14-11-8-5-2/h66H,4-65H2,1-3H3 
• InChl Key     DMBUODUULYCPAK-UHFFFAOYSA-N 
• SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC)OC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
• MDL number  MFCD00056274
• PubChem Substance ID    
• RXCUI       1426386
• RTECS   JR1305000

Synonyms:

• Glyceryl Behenate
• Docosanoic acid, 1,2,3-propanetriyl ester
• Glyceryl tribehenate
• Tridocosanoin
• Tribehenoyl glycerol

References_______________________________________________________________________

(1) Final report on the safety assessment of trilaurin, triarachidin, tribehenin, tricaprin, tricaprylin, trierucin, triheptanoin, triheptylundecanoin, triisononanoin, triisopalmitin, triisostearin, trilinolein, trimyristin, trioctanoin, triolein, tripalmitin, tripalmitolein, triricinolein, tristearin, triundecanoin, glyceryl triacetyl hydroxystearate, glyceryl triacetyl ricinoleate, and glyceryl stearate diacetate. Johnson W Jr; Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel..  Int J Toxicol. 2001;20 Suppl 4:61-94. Review.