C14-17 Alkane is a mixture of alkanes with 14 to 17 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 33822S0M40 · registered name C18-C21 ALKANE · mixture
C14-17 Alkane is a mixture of alkanes with 14 to 17 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain.
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · South Korea · United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 764
Restriction Please consider whether entry 875 of Annex II to the Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009 is applicable. According to entry 875, Distillates (petroleum), hydrotreated middle, except if the full refining history is known and it can be shown that the substance from which it is produced is not a carcinogen.
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 64741-76-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 265-077-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5028160
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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.
- Fuel2
- Solvent2
- Intermediate1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
5 skin studies and 2 eye studies are on record.
The studies disagree (the most common conclusion covers 4%), so they do not establish that this ingredient is irritating. These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 7 studies
- Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Severe Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation) - Skin irritation - category 2
Skin Irritation · Screening - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 15
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2 3
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary 2 3
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata 2