Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Banned
- Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea · United Kingdom
Source: ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics
Restriction II/389
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 12769-17-4
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 12769-17-4 / 17354-14-2
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 17354-14-2
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 241-379-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5044605
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3024605
- IUPAC
- 1,4-Bis(butylamino)anthracene-9,10-dione
- Molecular formula
- C22H26N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 350.462 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Dry Powder
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 7 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.
- Dye6
- Fragrance1
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) equivalent or similar to - Not likely to be sensitizing
skin sensitisation: in vivo (LLNA) · Screening · according to OECD Guideline 429 (Skin Sensitisation: Local Lymph Node Assay) - Studies Indicate No Significant Irritation
eye irritation: in vivo · Screening · OECD Guideline 405 (Acute Eye Irritation / Corrosion) equivalent or similar to
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
Linked databases 17
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- PubMed
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English · Chinese