Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 0Y0S5S9411 · registered name SODIUM METHYL MYRISTOYL TAURATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report: Safety Assessment of Alkyl Taurate Amides and Taurate Salts as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ミリストイルメチルタウリンＮａ: 本品は、ミリスチン酸（＊）とN－メチルタウリンとのアミドのナトリウム塩であり、次の化学式で表される。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 18469-44-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 242-349-3
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID9066380
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID1035868
- IUPAC
- Sodium 2-(N-methyltetradecanamido)ethane-1-sulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C17H34NNaO4S
- Molecular weight
- 371.51 g/mol
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.
- Foamant1
- Surfactant (surface active agent)1
- Cleaning agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 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 1 studies
- SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 12
- 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
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
- Wikidata