Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 2F60H204CM · registered name 3-BENZYLIDENE CAMPHOR · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- ASEAN · European Union · United Kingdom
- Restricted or banned
- ASEAN · China · European Union
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS) · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 2%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · priority-management substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 1379
Restriction II/1379 - Reg (EU) No 1298/2015 · SCCS opinion: Opinion on 3-Benzylidene camphor
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 15087-24-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 239-139-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID90864552
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID40813055
- IUPAC
- 3-Benzylidene-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C17H20O
- Molecular weight
- 240.346 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- UV stabilizer1
- Fragrance1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Rapid screening method to study the reactivity of UV filter substances towards skin proteins by high‐performance thin‐layer chromatography · 2013
- Endocrine Active UV Filters : Developmental Toxicity and Exposure Through Breast Milk · 2008
- Study of the efficacy of 18 sun filters authorized in European Union tested in vitro. · 2007
- Distribution of the UV filter 3-benzylidene camphor in rat following topical application. · 2006
- for their preparation, cosmetic products containing unsaturated 3-benzylidene camphor derivatives, processes these compounds and methods for protecting the skin and for the protection of a cosmetic composition · 1988
Linked databases 18
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3 4
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata