Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII W2Z4SA9W8G · registered name N-ETHYL-3-NITRO PABA · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan · United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex II (prohibited substances), entry 1290
Restriction II/1290
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 2788-74-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 412-090-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00182178
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID10104669
- IUPAC
- 4-(Ethylamino)-3-nitrobenzoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C9H10N2O4
- Molecular weight
- 210.189 g/mol
Measured properties
- Melting/freezing point
- 240 ℃(est.)
- Initial boiling point and range
- 399 ℃(est.)
- Flash point
- 195 ℃(est.)
- Vapour pressure
- 4.3E-7 ㎜Hg (est.)
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: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 2 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.
- UV stabilizer1
- Dye1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 1 studies
- Skin Sens. 1
Skin Sensitization · Authoritative
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- EU prohibited substances (Annex II)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- 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)
- Wikidata