Cosmetic roles
No declared roleNOT REPORTED
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
PYRETHRINSINCI피레스린Korean label name (MFDS standard)Pyrethrins and PyrethroidsSynonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 8003-34-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 232-319-8
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID8034873
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Odour
- Characteristic odor
- Initial boiling point and range
- 170 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- 0.000003 ㎜Hg (25℃ est.)
- Water solubility
- 4.62X10-2 ㎎/ℓ (25℃ (est.))
- Relative density
- 0.80-0.90
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 6.15
- Molecular weight
- 700.9
Values measured on the substance itself. The KOSHA data are a reference for writing and reviewing safety data sheets, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
What products actually use it for
What the 12 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.
- Biocide10
- Pharmaceutical (EPA)1
- No specific technical function1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
5 skin studies and 2 eye studies are on record.
Classed as low1
The study conclusions largely agree (100%). These tests are on the raw material itself; irritation at the amount in a finished product is a different question.
See all 7 studies
- Category 3
Skin Irritation · Screening - Sh
Skin Sensitization · Authoritative - Category 1
Skin Sensitization · Screening - Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 6.5B (Category 1)
Skin Sensitization · Read Across - Category 6.4A (Category 2A)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Category 2B
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- A randomised, assessor blind, parallel group comparative efficacy trial of three products for the treatment of head lice in children - melaleuca oil and lavender oil, pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide, and a "suffocation" product · 2010
- Pyrethrins inhibit feeding in flies by irritating their oral taste organs through intrinsic neurotoxic actions. · 2025
- Chlorinated hydrocarbons and pyrethrins/pyrethroids · 2022
- [Health effects of pyrethrins and pyrethroids]. · 2006
- Pyrethrins and pyrethroids in dermatology. · 1990
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English