Oleyl stearate is a wax ester.
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII D5E6VT6I0E · registered name OLEYL STEARATE · single chemical substance
Oleyl stearate is a wax ester.
Source: PubChem
Cosmetic roles
Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Other restriction: ban substances that deplete the ozone layer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Alkyl Esters as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
OLEYL STEARATEINCI올레일스테아레이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)Octadecanoic acid, 9-octadecenyl ester, (Z)-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 17673-50-6
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 33057-39-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 241-652-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID80884981
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701024395
- IUPAC
- (9Z)-Octadec-9-en-1-yl octadecanoate
- Molecular formula
- C36H70O2
- Molecular weight
- 534.954 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.
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search
- 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)
- Wikidata