Guanosine is a purine nucleoside in which guanine is attached to ribofuranose via a beta-N9-glycosidic bond.
How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 1 list it before the 1% line and 3 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
4 of 4 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
Definition
Guanosine is a purine nucleoside in which guanine is attached to ribofuranose via a beta-N9-glycosidic bond. It has a role as a fundamental metabolite. It is a purines D-ribonucleoside and a member of guanosines. It is functionally related to a guanine.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 12133JR80S · registered name Guanosine · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name グアノシン: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるヌクレオシドである。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 118-00-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 204-227-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00893055
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID601322998
- IUPAC
- Guanosine
- Molecular formula
- C10H13N5O5
- Molecular weight
- 283.244 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Solid
- Melting point
- 239 dec °C · 239 °C
- Solubility
- 700 mg/L (at 18 °C) · 0.7 mg/mL at 18 °C
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 5 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 conditioner3
- Opacifer2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Inflammatory microenvironment-triggered oral mucositis treatment by guanosine microneedles · 2026
- Guanosine and Deoxyinosine Structural Analogs Extracted from Chick Early Amniotic Fluid Promote Cutaneous Wound Healing · 2023
- Excited State Dynamics of Methylated Guanosine Derivatives Revealed by Femtosecond Time‐resolved Spectroscopy · 2022
- The Rho Guanosine Nucleotide Exchange Factors Vav2 and Vav3 Modulate Epidermal Stem Cell Function · 2022
- Apoptotic and anti-proliferative effect of guanosine and guanosine derivatives in HuT-78 T lymphoma cells · 2020
Linked databases 18
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- 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
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- 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)
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