Cosmetic roles
Absorbs UV (including to protect the product)UV ABSORBERKeeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics
Restriction II/418 · Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
ETHYL UROCANATEINCI에틸우로카네이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 27538-35-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 248-515-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00865378
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID00813793
- IUPAC
- Ethyl 3-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)prop-2-enoate
- Molecular formula
- C8H10N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 166.18 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.
- UV stabilizer1
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard