Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 5G3H7U4Y7F · registered name POTASSIUM METHOXYSALICYLATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Lightens hair or skinBLEACHING
Safety & regulatory references
Taiwan
- Maximum concentration : 0.5%
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name メトキシサリチル酸Ｋ: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機塩である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
POTASSIUM METHOXYSALICYLATEINCI포타슘메톡시살리실레이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)メトキシサリチル酸ＫJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 152312-71-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID80164997
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID6087488
- IUPAC
- Potassium 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C8H7KO4
- Molecular weight
- 206.238 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.
- Bleaching agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 14
- 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
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic regulations
- 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