How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 4 list it before the 1% line and 2 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
6 of 6 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first
First Aid BeautyFirst Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Retinol Serum with 0.3% Retinol Complex + Peptides
MuradMurad Retinol Youth Renewal Eye Serum
DermalogicaDermalogica retinoid acne clearing oil
MuradMurad AHA/BHA/Retinoid Daily Clarifying Peel
HourglassHourglass Equilibrium Resurfacing Retinoid Treatment
MuradMurad Prevent + Renew with Retinol Boosters
Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 32JK994WMC · registered name RETINYL PROPIONATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · restricted with conditions · a) Leave-on products intended for full body application
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name プロピオン酸レチノール: 本品は、プロピオン酸（＊）とレチノール（＊）のエステルである。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 7069-42-3
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 230-363-2
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID701019851
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID60909505
- IUPAC
- O~15~-Propanoylretinol
- Molecular formula
- C23H34O2
- Molecular weight
- 342.523 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- liquid
- Melting/freezing point
- 124 ℃
- Initial boiling point and range
- 137~138 ℃
- Vapour pressure
- (&, lt, 10E-4 @ 25℃)
- Water solubility
- 1.115E-4 ㎎/ℓ (25℃)
- Vapour density
- 11.822920262340352
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- 9.12
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 3 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 conditioner3
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 0 eye studies are on record.
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 2 studies
- Category 6.3A (Category 2)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (non-LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 406 (Skin Sensitisation)
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Topical application of retinyl propionate, 4 hexyl resorcinol, and niacinamide reverses molecular and clinical features of ageing · 2024
- The synergistic effect of retinyl propionate and hydroxypinacolone retinoate on skin aging · 2023
- 594 The synergistic effect of retinyl propionate and hydroxypinacolone retinoate on skin early aging · 2022
- The vitamin A ester retinyl propionate has a unique metabolic profile and higher retinoid‐related bioactivity over retinol and retinyl palmitate in human skin models · 2020
- The vitamin A ester retinyl propionate has a unique metabolic profile and higher retinoid-related bioactivity over retinol and retinyl palmitate in human skin models · 2020
Linked databases 15
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- 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 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata