Lipids | Sezia

Fatty Acids Esters Lipids Miscellaneous High Sensitivity Unverified

Sezia checks for lipophilic substances whose chemical composition is made up of fatty acids of the c11-c24 series. Sezia's database includes waxes, oils, butters, fats and some forms of milk. Sezia checks for all known common names of substance, as well as botanical names and any alternative spellings of name that might be included in a cosmetic ingredient list.

Mineral Oil, Squalane (not to be confused with Squalene) and MCT Oil are the three oils that will not feed Malassezia. Essential oils also safe to use, as they do not contain the 11-24 chain length fatty acids.

Please note: Scientific names of lipophilic ingredients are often missspelled on cosmetic ingredient lists. Sezia includes most of the alternative or missspelled names of ingredients. But if you find one that we don't yet have, let us know and we'll add to the database.


common name	botanical name	substance types
acai	euterpe oleracea	oil
sweet almond	prunus amygdalus dulcis	oil
andiroba	carapa guaianensis	oil
apple	pyrus malus	oil
apricot	prunus armeniaca	oil
argan	argania spinosa	oil
avocado	persea americana	oil, butter
baobab	adansonia digitata	oil, butter
babassu	orbignya oleifera	oil
badger		oil, fat
barbary fig	opuntia ficus-indica	oil
bear		oil, fat
beefsteak	perilla ocymoides	oil
bees		wax
blackberry	rubus fruticosus	oil
black sea rod		oil, fat
european blueberry	vaccinium myrtillus	oil
borage	borago officinalis	oil
brazil nut	bertholletia excelsa	oil
broccoli	brassica oleracea italica	oil
burdock	arctium lappa	oil
buriti	mauritia flexuosa	oil
cacay	caryodendron orinocense	oil
candelilla	euphorbia cerifera	wax
carnauba	copernicia prunifera	wax
carrot	daucus carota sativa	oil
castor	ricinus communis	oil, wax
celery	apium archangelica	oil
wild celery	angelica archangelica	oil
bitter cherry	prunus cerasus	oil
sweet cherry	prunus avium	oil
chia	salvia hispanica	oil
chinaberry	melia azadirachta	oil
cloudberry	rubus chamaemorus	oil
cocoa	theobroma cacao	oil, butter
coconut	cocos nucifera	oil, butter, wax, milk
cod liver		oil
coffee	coffea arabica	oil, butter, wax
cotton	gossypium herbaceum	oil
corn	zea mays	oil
crambe	crambe abyssinica	oil
cranberry	vaccinium macrocarpon	oil
cucumber	cucumis sativus	oil
cumin	cuminum cyminum	oil
black cumin	nigella sativa	oil
cupuacu	theobroma grandiflorum	butter
black currant	ribes nigrum	oil
egg	ovum	oil
emu		oil, fat
evening primrose	oenothera biennis	oil
fish		oil, fat
flower		wax
galip	canarium indicum	oil
ginseng	panax ginseng	oil
goji	lycium barbarum	oil
grapeseed	vitus vinifera	oil
hazelnut	corylus americana	oil
horse		oil, fat
chilean hazelnut	gevuina avellana	oil
harakeke	phormium tenax	oil
hemp	cannabis sativa	oil
illipe	shorea stenoptera	oil, butter
kiwi	actinidia chinensis	oil
jojoba	simmondsia chinensis	oil, wax
karanja	pongamia glabra	oil
kukui	aleurites moluccanus	oil
lingonberry	vaccinium vitis-idaea	oil
linseed	linum usitatissimum	oil
lanolin		wax
lard		oil
mushroom	agaricus bisporus	oil
milk		fat
mink		oil, fat
morel		oil
macadamia	macadamia integrifolia	oil
mango	mangifera indica	oil, butter
marula	sclerocarya birrea	oil
meadowfoam	limnanthes alba	oil
mongongo	ricinodendron rautenenii	oil
moringa	moringa oleifera	oil
musk mallow	hibiscus abelmoschus	oil
mustard	brassica juncea	oil
neem	azadirachta indica	oil
olive	olea europaea	oil, butter
olus		oil
tsubaki	camellia japonica	oil
palm	elaeis guineensis	oil, butter, wax, olein
brazillian palm	astrocaryum vulgare	oil, butter
south american palm	astrocaryum tucuma	oil, butter
papaya	carica papaya	oil
passion fruit	passiflora edulis	oil
passion flower	passiflora incarnata	oil
pataua	oenocarpus bataua	oil
peach	prunus persica	oil
peanut	arachis hypogeae	oil
pecan	carya illinoinensis	oil
black pepper	piper nigrum	oil
pequi	caryocar brasiliense	oil
japanese pine	pinus parviflora	oil
korean pine	pinus koraiensis	oil
siberian pine	pinus sibirica	oil
pistachio	pistacia vera	oil
common plum	prunus domestica	oil
hog plum	ximenia americana	oil
pomegranate	punica granatum	oil
pongamia	pongamia pinnata	oil
poppy	papaver orientale	oil
opium poppy	papaver somniferum	oil
pracaxi	pentaclethra macroloba	oil
pumpkin	cucurbita pepo	oil
purcellin		oil
purple viper's bugloss	echium plantagineum	oil
radish	raphanus sativus	oil
rapeseed	brassica capestris	oil
raspberry	rubus idaeus	oil
rice	oryza sativa	oil
dog rose	rosa canina	oil
musk rose	rosa moschata	oil
rosehip	rosa rubiginosa	oil
rose	rosa mosqueta	oil
safflower	carthamus tinctorius	oil
seabuckthorn	hippophae rhamnoides	oil
sesame	sesamum indicum	oil
shea	butyrospermum parkii	oil, butter
shorea	shorea robusta	oil, butter
east african shea	vitellaria nilotica	oil, butter
soybean	glycine soja	oil
sponge gourd	luffa cylindrica	oil
strawberry	fragaria ananassa	oil
sunflower	helianthus annuus	oil
sweet brier	rosa eglentaria	oil
tamanu	callophyllum inophyllum	oil
tallow		wax
tall		oil, fat
truffle		oil
tomato	solanum lycopersicum	oil
vegetable		oil
watermelon	citrullus lanatus	oil
wheat	triticum vulgare	oil
white lupin	lupinus albus	oil
yuzu	citrus junos	oil