How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 2 list it before the 1% line and 0 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
2 of 2 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII Z30RAY509F · registered name Ergosterol · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name エルゴステロール: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 57-87-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 200-352-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID90878679
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201016721
- IUPAC
- (22E)-Ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3beta-ol
- Molecular formula
- C28H44O
- Molecular weight
- 396.659 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Odour
- odourless
- Melting/freezing point
- 156~158 ℃ (101.3 kPa)
- Initial boiling point and range
- 250 ℃(0.01 Torr)
- Flash point
- 197~235.6 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.0±2.9 ㎜Hg (25°C)
- Water solubility
- 0.0002843 ㎎/ℓ (25°C)
- Vapour density
- 13.69168104936141
- Relative density
- 1.04 (20°C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 8.86
- Molecular weight
- 396.648
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
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
Related literature
- Efficacy of Ergosterol and Ergosterol peroxide in different anti-inflammatory models – a comparison study · 2024
- Development of skin-permeable flexible liposome using ergosterol esters containing unsaturated fatty acids. · 2023
- Consecutive treatments with photodynamic therapy and nystatin altered the expression of virulence and ergosterol biosynthesis genes of a fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans in vivo. · 2021
- Antibacterial activity of emulsions containing unsaturated fatty acid ergosterol esters synthesized by lipase-mediated transesterification. · 2020
- Grifola frondosa extract and ergosterol reduce allergic reactions in an allergy mouse model by suppressing the degranulation of mast cells · 2019
Linked databases 16
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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
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