Glyceryl Lactate is the monoester of glycerin and lactic acid.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 21SCZ524S9 · registered name GLYCEROL MONOLACTATE · mixture
Glyceryl Lactate is the monoester of glycerin and lactic acid. It conforms generally to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
No declared roleNOT REPORTED
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
GLYCERYL LACTATEINCI글리세릴락테이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 26855-41-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00949642
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID301377825
- IUPAC
- 2,3-Dihydroxypropyl 2-hydroxypropanoate
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O5
- Molecular weight
- 164.157 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.
- No specific technical function1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 9
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- 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)