Adenine is the parent compound of the 6-aminopurines, composed of a purine having an amino group at C-6.
How much products actually contain
1 products state the amountmedian 0.000001%
- under 0.01% 1
- 0.01–0.1% 0
- 0.1–1% 0
- 1% or more 0
Amounts are mostly stated by products named after the ingredient, so they may lean towards token amounts.
Of the products containing it, 1 list it before the 1% line and 1 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
2 of 2 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
Adenine is the parent compound of the 6-aminopurines, composed of a purine having an amino group at C-6. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a human metabolite and a Daphnia magna metabolite. It is a member of 6-aminopurines and a purine nucleobase. It derives from a hydride of a 9H-purine.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII JAC85A2161 · registered name Adenine · single chemical substance
Vitamin B4
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name アデニン: 本品は、次の化学式で表される複素環式化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 73-24-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 200-796-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID6022557
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID502557
- IUPAC
- 9H-Purin-6-amine
- Molecular formula
- C5H5N5
- Molecular weight
- 135.13 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid · solid
- Melting point
- 360 dec °C · 360 °C
- Solubility
- 1030 mg/L (at 25 °C) · 1.03 mg/mL
- Dissociation constant
- 4.15 (at 25 °C)
- Colour
- white
- Odour
- odourless
- pH
- 4.15
- Melting/freezing point
- 360 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.033 ㎜Hg (8.38E-07)
- Water solubility
- 1030 g/100㎖
- Vapour density
- 4.7
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -0.09
- Decomposition temperature
- (&, gt, 360℃)
- Molecular weight
- 135.13
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem · KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
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.
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Adenine Is Not a Potent Inhibitor of Hypoxanthine Transport in Human Skin Fibroblasts a · 1984
- Modulation of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase‐mediated salvage pathway to accelerate diabetic wound healing · 2021
- Modulation of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase-mediated salvage to promote diabetic wound healing · 2020
- THE EFFECTS OF ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES ON CUTANEOUS AFFERENT NERVE ACTIVITY · 1978
- Combined Antiviral Effects of Interferon, Adenine Arabinoside, Hypoxanthine Arabinoside, and Adenine Arabinoside-5′-Monophosphate in Human Fibroblast Cultures · 1977
Linked databases 19
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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
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