Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 896NIT9V7W · registered name PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAMYRISTATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Safety Assessment of Pentaerythrityl Tetraesters as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name テトラミリスチン酸ペンタエリスリチル: 本品は、ミリスチン酸（＊）とペンタエリスリトールのテトラエステルであり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRAMYRISTATEINCI펜타에리스리틸테트라미리스테이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)テトラミリスチン酸ペンタエリスリチルJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 18641-59-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00171901
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2094392
- IUPAC
- 2,2-Bis[(tetradecanoyloxy)methyl]propane-1,3-diyl ditetradecanoate
- Molecular formula
- C61H116O8
- Molecular weight
- 977.591 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
Linked databases 12
- 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
- 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