Definition
US FDA substance register · UNII CVI36ET72E · registered name ETIDRONATE TETRAPOTASSIUM · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · South Korea
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Argentina · Brazil
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Products for hair care (b) Soaps
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : a.- 1.5% (calculated as Etidronic Acid) b.- 0.2% (calculated as Etidronic Acid)
ASEAN
- Field of application and/or use : (a) Hair-care (b) Soap
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : (a) 1.5% expressed as etidronic acid (b) 0.2% expressed as etidronic acid
European Union
- Product Type, body parts : (a) Hair product (b) Soap
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : (a) 1.5% (as etidronic acid) (b) 0.2% (as etidronic acid)
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
Restriction III/53
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report: Safety Assessment of Etidronic Acid and Its Salts as Used in Cosmetics
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name エチドロン酸４Ｋ: 本品は、次の化学式で表されるジホスホン酸誘導体である。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 14860-53-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 238-928-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID3029732
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID009732
- IUPAC
- Tetrapotassium (1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diyl)bis(phosphonate)
- Molecular formula
- C2H4K4O7P2
- Molecular weight
- 358.388 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · solid
- Molecular weight
- 358.39
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 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.
- Chelating agent1
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Irritation and sensitisation studies
1 skin studies and 2 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
- Category 6.3B (Category 3)
Skin Irritation · Read Across - Category 8.3A (Category 1)
Eye Irritation · Read Across - Eye irritation - category 2A
Eye Irritation · Screening
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 17
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- KOSHA safety data sheets (Korea)
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- PubChem
- 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