Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII CHY7T9AM0W · registered name PHENYLMERCURIC BENZOATE · single chemical substance
Phenyl Mercuric Benzoate is the metallo-organic compound that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted or banned
- China · European Union · Taiwan · United States
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics
Restriction V/17
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
PHENYL MERCURIC BENZOATEINCI페닐머큐릭벤조에이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)Mercury, (benzoato-O)phenyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 94-43-9
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 202-331-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID70896891
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID701326343
- IUPAC
- (Benzoato-kappaO)phenylmercury
- Molecular formula
- C13H10HgO2
- Molecular weight
- 398.81 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.
- Preservative1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- 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