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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 11017

GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE

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:29031-19-4
EC:249-379-6
Ingredient index records:
GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE
Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING

D-glucosamine sulphate

1 matched or reported name
GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 29031-19-4
CAS 29031-19-4PubChem CID 73415774

Glucosamine Sulfate

Glucosamine Sulfate is an amino sugar (2-amino, 2-deoxyglucose) in cell membranes, Glucosamine Sulfate is believed to play a role in cartilage formation and repair. Long-term glucosamine sulfate treatment retards progression of knee osteoarthritis; the mechanism appears to involve glucosamine's role as an essential substrate for glycosaminoglycans and hyaluronic acid, needed for formation of the joint proteoglycan structural matrix. (NCI04) — NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)

IUPAC name
bis((2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanal);sulfuric acid
Molecular formula
C12H28N2O14S
Molecular weight
456.42 g/mol
Exact mass
456.12612474 Da
Topological polar surface area
331.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
12
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
16
Covalent units
3
Defined stereocentres
8

Also known as

Glucosamine sulphateTiocondramina1FW7WLR731FaximinDonaGlucosamine Sulfate SaltD-Glucose, 2-amino-2-deoxy-, sulfate (salt)Dolenio
16 more reported names
GlusartelNovipetRefChem:7391CHEBI:37878239-088-2249-379-6Bis(2-ammonio-2-deoxy-D-glucose) sulphateD-Glucose, 2-amino-2-deoxy-, sulfate (2:1)UNII-1FW7WLR731(2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-Amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanal sulfate(2:1)EINECS 239-088-2(2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanal;sulfuric acidbis((2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanal); sulfuric acid(2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-Amino-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanal xsulfateC12H28N2O14SWLNBMPZUVDTASE-HXIISURNSA-N

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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