Sphingosine derives its vegan and vegetarian status from phytosphingosine, serine.
| Vegan? Maybe | Vegetarian? Maybe |
Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.
Commercially available sphingosine may be vegan depending on the source and may be vegetarian depending on the source.
Sphingosine is an important component of ceramides used in cosmetics. There isn't a ton of information online about how it is commercially produced, but two papers suggest it can be produced from phytosphingosine or from serine.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphingosine
- Sankar, A., Chen, I.-C., & Luo, S.-Y. (2018). A rapid synthesis of sphingosine from phytosphingosine. Carbohydrate Research, 463, 1–5.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2018.04.006 - Hoffman, R. V., & Tao, J. (1998). A Synthesis of
d -erythro- andl -threo-Sphingosine and Sphinganine Diastereomers via the Biomimetic Precursor 3-Ketosphinganine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 63(12), 3979–3985.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jo980003i