Cosmetic roles
Curls or straightens hairHAIR WAVING OR STRAIGHTENING
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted or banned
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : Under maximum secondary amine: 0.5%
- Other limitations and requirements : No use with nitrosating systems. Minimum 99% -Pureza. Maximum -Tenor of secondary amines in raw materials 0.5%. Maximum nitrosamine -Tenor: 50 ug / kg. -Envasar / Nitrite - free store in containers.
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%
- Other limitations and requirements : • Do not use with nitrosating systems • Minimum purity: 99% • Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5% (applies to raw materials) • Maximum nitrosamine content: 50 μg/kg • Keep in nitrite-free containers
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5%
- Other : - Do not use with nitrosating systems - Minimum purity: 99% - Maximum secondary amine content: 0.5% (applies to raw materials) - Maximum nitrosamine content: 50 microgram/kg - Keep in nitrite-free containers
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Restriction III/61 · 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 チオ乳酸MEA: 本品は、チオ乳酸(*)のモノエタノールアミン(MEA)塩であり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
MEA-THIOLACTATEINCI엠이에이-티오락테이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)チオ乳酸MEAJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 54266-38-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 259-050-9
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID40969283
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID201396838
- IUPAC
- 2-Sulfanylpropanoic acid--2-aminoethan-1-ol (1/1)
- Molecular formula
- C5H13NO3S
- Molecular weight
- 167.22 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.
- Hair waving or straightening (EPA)1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard