N-carboxyethyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid is an organonitrogen compound and an organooxygen compound.
Definition
N-carboxyethyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid is an organonitrogen compound and an organooxygen compound. It is functionally related to a gamma-amino acid.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII VO6U3596JP · registered name CARBOXYETHYL AMINOBUTYRIC ACID · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name カルボキシエチルアミノ酪酸: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるアミノ酸である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 4386-03-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 224-497-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID80195963
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID20118454
- IUPAC
- 4-[(2-Carboxyethyl)amino]butanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C7H13NO4
- Molecular weight
- 175.184 g/mol
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
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
- SkinIrr2
Skin Irritation · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- 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