Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 8445SU9RKR · registered name ALLANTOIN BIOTIN · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Eases skin discomfortSOOTHINGKeeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONINGProtects skin from outside irritantsSKIN PROTECTINGReduces sebum productionANTI-SEBUM
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report of the Safety Assessment of Allantoin and its Related Complexes
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
ALLANTOIN BIOTININCI알란토인바이오틴Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 4492-73-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID30884077
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID401023548
- IUPAC
- 5-[(3aS,4S,6aR)-2-Oxohexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-4-yl]pentanoic acid--N-(2,5-dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)urea (1/1)
- Molecular formula
- C14H22N6O6S
- Molecular weight
- 402.43 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 4 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.
- Humectant2
- Softener and conditioner1
- Pharmaceutical (EPA)1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 11
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata