Cosmetic roles
Makes skin soft and smoothSKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENTDraws in and holds moistureHUMECTANT
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
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name クエン酸ＰＧ: 本品は、クエン酸（＊）とプロピレングリコール（ＰＧ（＊））のエステルであり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
PROPYLENE GLYCOL CITRATEINCI프로필렌글라이콜시트레이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)クエン酸ＰＧJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 85252-24-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 286-541-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID301005751
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID101432629
- IUPAC
- 2-Hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid--propane-1,2-diol (1/1)
- Molecular formula
- C9H16O9
- Molecular weight
- 268.218 g/mol
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.
- Humectant1
- Softener and conditioner1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 10
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- Wikidata