Official EU label nameGlossary entry 10574

FOLIC ACID

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

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The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

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Resolved substance identity

CAS:59-30-3

EC:200-419-0

Ingredient index records:

FOLIC ACID

Ph. Eur. name: acidum folicum

Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING

Folic acid

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3 matched or reported names

FOLIC ACIDfolic acidacidum folicum

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name FOLIC ACID.

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 59-30-3

CAS 59-30-3PubChem CID 135398658

Folic Acid

Folic acid is a water soluble vitamin found in many foods and particularly in leafy green vegetables that is essential for the critical biosynthetic pathways involving transfer of methyl groups to organic compounds. There is no evidence that folic acid, in physiologic or even super-physiologic, high doses, causes liver injury or jaundice. — LiverTox

IUPAC name: (2S)-2-[[4-[(2-amino-4-oxo-3H-pteridin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid

Molecular formula: C19H19N7O6
Molecular weight: 441.4 g/mol
Exact mass: 441.13968135 Da
XLogP3: -1.1
Topological polar surface area: 209.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 6
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 10
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 1

Also known as

Pteroylglutamic acidVitamin MFolacidFolacinVitamin BcPteGluVitamin B9Foliamin

16 more reported names

FolicetFolviteIncafolicAcifolicCytofolFolcidinFolettesFolipacFolsanMillafolFolsaurePteroyl-L-glutamic acidFolbalFolsavVitamin BeFoldine

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:27470
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1622
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0022519
PubMed:23125859
PubMed:23124343
PubMed:23124011
PubMed:23122099
PubMed:23120952
PubMed:23118736
PubMed:23115770
PubMed:23113023
PubMed:23112993
PubMed:23112906
PubMed:23106273
PubMed:23105845

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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