Ingredient Dictionary

TESTOSTERONE

Testosterone is an androstanoid having 17beta-hydroxy and 3-oxo groups, together with unsaturation at C-4C-5..

Definition

Testosterone is an androstanoid having 17beta-hydroxy and 3-oxo groups, together with unsaturation at C-4C-5.. It has a role as an androgen, a mouse metabolite, a human metabolite and a Daphnia magna metabolite. It is a C19-steroid, a 17beta-hydroxy steroid, a 3-oxo-Delta(4) steroid and an androstanoid.

Source: PubChem

US FDA substance register · UNII 3XMK78S47O · registered name TESTOSTERONE · single chemical substance

Source: US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)

17β-Hydroxy-4-Androsten-3-one

Cosmetic roles

Keeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONING

Safety & regulatory references

Banned: Argentina · ASEAN · Brazil · Canada · China · European Union · South Korea · Taiwan

Source: Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information

Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance

Source: Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)

Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist · prohibited in cosmetics

Source: Health Canada Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist

Restriction II/37

Source: EU CosIng ingredient list

More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature

Names & identifiers

TESTOSTERONEINCI테스토스테론Korean label name (MFDS standard)

CAS No.chemical registry number: 58-22-0
EC No.EU chemical inventory number: 200-370-5
DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID: DTXSID8022371
DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID: DTXCID302371

IUPAC: 17beta-Hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one
Molecular formula: C19H28O2
Molecular weight: 288.431 g/mol

Measured properties

Appearance: solid
Colour: white
Odour: odourless
Melting/freezing point: 155 ℃
Vapour pressure: 0.000000017 ㎜Hg (at 25 ℃ (est))
Water solubility: 23.4 ㎎/ℓ (@ 25℃)
Vapour density: 9.96
Relative density: 1.17 (@ 20 ℃)
n-Octanol/water partition coefficient (Kow): 3.32
Molecular weight: 288.43

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 10 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.

Pharmaceutical (EPA)9
Softener and conditioner1

Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard