Melibiose is a glycosylglucose formed by an alpha-(16)-linkage between D-galactose and D-glucose.
Definition
Melibiose is a glycosylglucose formed by an alpha-(16)-linkage between D-galactose and D-glucose. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, a plant metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and an elastin-laminin receptor agonist.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 9B1VBE526I · registered name MELIBIOSE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
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 メリビオース: 本品は、次の化学式で表される二糖類である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 5340-95-4
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 585-99-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 209-568-6
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID101014653
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID901437192
- IUPAC
- 6-O-alpha-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucose
- Molecular formula
- C12H22O11
- Molecular weight
- 342.297 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.
- Humectant1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Changes in carbohydrate coordinated partitioning and cell wall remodeling with stress-induced pathogenesis in wheat sheaths · 2002
- Pilot Study of Melibiose in Patients with Adolescent or Adult-type Atopic Dermatitis · 2004
- A new species, Phialophora europaea, causing superficial infections in humans Eine neue Art, Phialophora europaea, als Erreger oberflächlicher Infektionen beim Menschen · 2000
- Charaterization of galactose-specific lectin from the skin mucus of African catfish Clarias gariepinus aBurchell, 1822 · 2014
- A new species, Phialophora europaea, causing superficial infections in humans. · 2000
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- 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
- PubChem
- 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)