Acexamic acid is a medium-chain fatty acid.
Definition
Acexamic acid is a medium-chain fatty acid.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 7IC4BO7D3R · registered name ACEXAMIC ACID · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
ACETAMIDOCAPROIC ACIDINCI아세타미도카프로익애씨드Korean label name (MFDS standard)Hexanoic acid, 6-(acetylamino)-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 57-08-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 200-310-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID1045879
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID9025879
- IUPAC
- 6-Acetamidohexanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C8H15NO3
- Molecular weight
- 173.212 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 1 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.
- Antioxidant1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 13
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- 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