Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII 9YJ2Q81720 · registered name SODIUM SULFANILATE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan · United Kingdom
Source: EU Cosmetics Regulation · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction II/1257
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 515-74-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 208-208-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5029184
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID109184
- IUPAC
- Sodium 4-aminobenzene-1-sulfonate
- Molecular formula
- C6H6NNaO3S
- Molecular weight
- 195.17 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Dry Powder, Liquid · Solid, [ECHA REACH Registrations] Dihydrate: White to beige crystalline solid, [Mallinckrodt Baker MSDS]
- Flammability (solid, gas)
- combustible
- Vapour pressure
- (&, lt, 0.001 Pa, @ 20 °C)
- Water solubility
- 213 g/ℓ (@ 20 °C)
- Vapour density
- 6.74
- Relative density
- 1.627 (@ 23 °C)
- n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow)
- -3.93 (@ 23 °C)
- Molecular weight
- 213.19
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: PubChem · 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.
- Brightener1
- Antioxidant1
- Dye1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
2 skin studies and 1 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 3 studies
- Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
skin irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 404 (Acute Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.4 (Acute Toxicity: Dermal Irritation / Corrosion) according to - SkinSens1
Skin Sensitization · QSAR Predicted - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to EU Method B.5 (Acute Toxicity: Eye Irritation / Corrosion) according to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- 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