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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 10584

FORMONONETIN

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.

Global evidence snapshot

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.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:485-72-3
EC:207-623-9
Ingredient index records:
FORMONONETIN
Cosmetic functions: ANTIOXIDANT, SKIN CONDITIONING, SKIN PROTECTING

7-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-benzopyrone

1 matched or reported name
FORMONONETIN

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 485-72-3
CAS 485-72-3PubChem CID 5280378

Formononetin

Formononetin is a member of the class of 7-hydroxyisoflavones that is 7-hydroxyisoflavone substituted by a methoxy group at position 4'. It has a role as a plant metabolite and a phytoestrogen. It is a member of 4'-methoxyisoflavones and a member of 7-hydroxyisoflavones. It is functionally related to a daidzein. It is a conjugate acid of a formononetin(1-). — ChEBI

IUPAC name
7-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromen-4-one
Molecular formula
C16H12O4
Molecular weight
268.26 g/mol
Exact mass
268.07355886 Da
XLogP3
2.8
Topological polar surface area
55.8 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
4
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Biochanin BFormononetol7-Hydroxy-4'-methoxyisoflavoneFlavosilMyconateNeochaninMycotech4'-O-methyldaidzein
16 more reported names
NSC-93360295DQC67BJCHEBI:180887-hydroxy-4'-methoxy-isoflavoneRefChem:5842207-623-97-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one4H-1-Benzopyran-4-one, 7-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-7-Hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-oneformononetineIsoflavone, 7-hydroxy-4'-methoxy-7-Hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-benzopyrone7-Hydroxy-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)chromoneSpectrum4_001429Spectrum5_000258BIDD:ER0119
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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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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