L-fucopyranose is the pyranose form of L-fucose.
How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 0 list it before the 1% line and 4 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
4 of 4 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
L-fucopyranose is the pyranose form of L-fucose. It has a role as a mouse metabolite and an Escherichia coli metabolite. It is a L-fucose and a fucopyranose.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 28RYY2IV3F · registered name Elfucose · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Monosaccharides, Disaccharides and Related Ingredients as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name フコース: 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
- 2438-80-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 219-452-7
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID50883845
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID901023329
- IUPAC
- 6-Deoxy-L-galactose
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O5
- Molecular weight
- 164.157 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- White crystals, [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS]
- Melting/freezing point
- 133~153 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 332 ℃
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -2.39
- Molecular weight
- 164.16
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: PubChem · 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
- Thermophilic l-fucose isomerase from Thermanaeromonas toyohensis for l-fucose synthesis from l-fuculose · 2020
- Effects of L-fucose supplementation on the viability of cancer cell lines · 2020
- Enzymatic synthesis of l-fucose from l-fuculose using a fucose isomerase from Raoultella sp. and the biochemical and structural analyses of the enzyme · 2019
- The Threonine That Carries Fucose, but Not Fucose, Is Required for Cripto to Facilitate Nodal Signaling* · 2007
- Modification of epidermal growth factor-like repeats with O-fucose. Molecular cloning and expression of a novel GDP-fucose protein O-fucosyltransferase. · 2001
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI 2
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- 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 2