Cosmetic roles
Slows spoilage by oxygenANTIOXIDANT
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
CROCETININCI크로세틴Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 27876-94-4
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 504-39-2
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 504-39-2,27876-94-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 248-708-0
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID201015585
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201473836
- IUPAC
- (2E,4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E)-2,6,11,15-Tetramethylhexadeca-2,4,6,8,10,12,14-heptaenedioic acid
- Molecular formula
- C20H24O4
- Molecular weight
- 328.408 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.
- Antioxidant1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
Classed as moderate1
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
Related literature
- Biotechnological production of crocetin and crocins using a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD4) from Nyctanthes arbor-tristis · 2025
- Monoolein liquid crystalline phases for topical delivery of crocetin. · 2018
- ROS-scavenging and Anti-tyrosinase Properties of Crocetin on B16F10 Murine Melanoma Cells. · 2017
- Improvement of Lentigines by Oral Crocetin Administration and Examination of Its Mechanism of Action · 2017
- Antifibrotic effects of crocetin in scleroderma fibroblasts and in bleomycin-induced sclerotic mice · 2013