Octyl gallate is a gallate ester obtained by condensation of the carboxy group of gallic acid with the hydroxy group of octanol.
Definition
Octyl gallate is a gallate ester obtained by condensation of the carboxy group of gallic acid with the hydroxy group of octanol. It has a role as a hypoglycemic agent, a plant metabolite and a food antioxidant.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 079IIA2811 · registered name OCTYL GALLATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Tentative Report: Amended Safety Assessment of Alkyl Gallates as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 1034-01-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-853-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 213-853-0 (I)
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID4040713
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2020713
- IUPAC
- Octyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C15H22O5
- Molecular weight
- 282.336 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- White to creamy-white odourless solid · Solid
- Melting point
- Between 99 °C and 102 °C after drying at 90 °C for six hours · 94 - 95 °C
- Solubility
- Insoluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol, ether and propane-1,2-diol · 0.036 mg/mL at 20 °C
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
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.
- Antioxidant3
- Processing aids not otherwise specified2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- Skin Sens. 1
Skin Sensitization · Authoritative
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem 2
- 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)
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