N-(hexanoyl)sphing-4-enine is an N-acylsphingosine consisting of sphing-4-enine bearing a hexanoyl group on nitrogen.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 038753E78J · registered name N-HEXANOYLSPHINGOSINE · single chemical substance
N-(hexanoyl)sphing-4-enine is an N-acylsphingosine consisting of sphing-4-enine bearing a hexanoyl group on nitrogen. It is functionally related to a sphing-4-enine.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Softens hairHAIR CONDITIONINGKeeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Ceramides as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
CAPROYL SPHINGOSINEINCI카프로일스핑고신Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 124753-97-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 309-560-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID90924923
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701763894
- IUPAC
- N-[(2S,3R,4E)-1,3-Dihydroxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]hexanamide
- Molecular formula
- C24H47NO3
- Molecular weight
- 397.644 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.
- Softener and conditioner2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 14
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- 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