Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII O14R793D1H · registered name ETHYLHEXYL GALLATE · single chemical substance
2-Ethylhexyl gallate
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
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name 没食子酸オクチル: 本品は、没食子酸（＊）と２－エチルヘキシルアルコールのエステルであり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 34531-26-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 252-073-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00885591
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701024957
- IUPAC
- 2-Ethylhexyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C15H22O5
- Molecular weight
- 282.336 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.
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
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · 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
- 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)
- Wikidata