PALMITIC ACID

Standard cosmetic ingredient registered in INCI catalog.

PALMITIC ACID is catalogued in INCIDB under the CosIng functional class of Skin-Conditioning Agent, registered under CAS number 57-10-3. Within the free INCIDB sample partition it is mapped to 3 indexed formulations spanning 3 product categories (Cleanser, Moisturizer, Skincare), climbing to concentration rank #2 in Daytox Cleansing Foam. Its comedogenic rating of 2.0/5.0 reflects a low pore-clogging profile. It is flagged as a Malassezia (fungal-acne) trigger, relevant when managing fungal-acne or seborrheic concerns.

Sample Commercial Formulations with PALMITIC ACID

Verified concentration ranks from the free INCIDB sample partition. Full data mapping covers 19,645 commercial formulations.

Query PALMITIC ACID via PyArrow Parquet

Filter sub-second high-performance columnar Parquet files across all 19,645 beauty formulations.

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

# Load normalized INCI ingredients dataset
ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()

# Locate exact compound ID and regulatory flags
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "PALMITIC ACID"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])