Definition
Sodium Paraben is the organic salt that conforms to the formula:
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · Japan · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : (a) 0,4% (expresso como ácido) para cada substância considerada em forma individual. (b) 0,8% (expresso como ácido) para a soma das concentrações individuais de ácido 4-p-hidroxibenzóico, seus ésteres de metil e etil e seus sais contidos no produto.
- Other limitations and requirements : Prohibit: isopropylparaben, isobutylparaben, fenylparaben, benzylparaben, pentylparaben.
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.4% (as acid) for single ester 0.8% (as acid) for mixtures of esters
Taiwan
- (a) 0.4%
- (b) 0.8%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0,4% (as acid) for single ester 0,8% (as acid) for mixtures of esters
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Restriction V/12 · SCCS opinion: Extended Opinion on the Safety Evaluation of Parabens; Opinion on Parabens; Opinion on Parabens updated request for a scientific opinion on 'propyl-and butylparaben'; Opinion on Parabens, underarm cosmetics and breast cancer
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Amended Safety Assessment of Parabens as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 114-63-6 / 85080-04-2
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 85080-04-2
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 114-63-6
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 204-051-1
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 204-051-1
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3059426
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID5033337
- IUPAC
- Sodium 4-hydroxybenzoate
- Molecular formula
- C7H5NaO3
- Molecular weight
- 160.104 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 1 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.
- Preservative1
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 13
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- 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)
- Wikidata