
Cetyl Palmitate
- Category
- Cosmetics and Personal Care, Food and Agriculture
Origins:
Historically from spermaceti (sperm whale oil), now produced synthetically. (Serrano‐Arnaldos et al., 2016).
Key Features:
Emollient in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, forms a protective skin barrier, retains moisture. (Serrano‐Arnaldos et al., 2016). Smooth texture, moisturizing effect.
Sustainability:
Enzymatic process reduces reliance on animal sources; palm oil sourcing needs sustainability certification (Ostfeld and Reiner, 2024; Munasinghe et al., 2019).
bio:drive - intelligent microbe design
Here’s what bio:drive says about Cetyl Palmitate:
- Viable pathways recommended / (generated) 2 / (979)
- Median pathway length 3 biochemical reactions
- Max free energy change -13.3 KJ.mol-1
- Max theoretical yield 12.8 %
- Predicted pathway bottlenecks 1 reactions
- Enzyme variants recommended / (generated) 5 / (1,270)
- Predicted enzyme reactivity improvement 1.4x
- Predicted host microbe bottlenecks 3 genetic edits
- Predicted host microbe flux improvement 31x
- Continuous fermentation enabled
- Number of microbe versions designed for grow:bot build 103,680
- Overall potential improvement with bio:drive 22x
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