Sodium cholate is a cholate salt and an organic sodium salt.
Definition
Sodium cholate is a cholate salt and an organic sodium salt.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII NU3Y4CCH8Z · registered name SODIUM CHOLATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name コール酸Ｎａ: 本品は、次の化学式で表される有機化合物である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 361-09-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9033979
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID7013979
- IUPAC
- Sodium 3alpha,7alpha,12alpha-trihydroxy-5beta-cholan-24-oate
- Molecular formula
- C24H39NaO5
- Molecular weight
- 430.561 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- solid
- Colour
- white
- pH
- 8.0
- Melting/freezing point
- 198 ℃
- Vapour density
- 14.9
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -0.29
- Molecular weight
- 430.62
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 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
Related literature
- Sodium Cholate-Mediated Ion-Pairing for Skin Delivery of Methylene Blue: Physicochemical Characterization and Influence on Skin Barrier and Skin Penetration · 2025
- Breaking Barriers: Bilosomes Gel Potentials to Pave the Way for Transdermal Breast Cancer Treatment with Tamoxifen. · 2023
- Structure of Sodium Cholate Micelles · 2018
- Development of Proniosomal Gel: in-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo Characterization · 2017
- Dermal delivery of selected hydrophilic drugs from elastic liposomes: effect of phospholipid formulation and surfactants · 2007
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- PubChem
- 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