Official EU label nameGlossary entry 11735

HEMOCYANIN

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:9013-72-3

Ingredient index records:

HEMOCYANIN

Cosmetic functions: ANTI-SEBUM, ANTIMICROBIAL

Hemocyanin is the oxygen-transporting protein found in cold-blood animals such as arthropods and molluscs.

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HEMOCYANIN

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 9013-72-3

CAS 9013-72-3PubChem CID 168009928

Keyhole limpet hemocyanin

Keyhole limpet hemocyanin is an immune modulator, given as a vaccine to help the body respond to cancer. A natural protein isolated from the marine mollusc keyhole limpet. Keyhole limpet hemocyanin is an immunogenic carrier protein that, in vivo, increases antigenic immune responses to haptens and other weak antigens such as idiotype proteins. — DrugBank

IUPAC name: 2-hydroxyethyl 2-methyloctadec-9-enoate;1-hydroxypropan-2-yl octadec-9-enoate;2-hydroxypropyl octadec-9-enoate

Molecular formula: C63H120O9
Molecular weight: 1021.6 g/mol
Exact mass: 1020.89323540 Da
Topological polar surface area: 140.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 3
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 9
Covalent units: 3
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

2-hydroxyethyl (Z)-2-methyloctadec-9-enoate;1-hydroxypropan-2-yl (Z)-octadec-9-enoate;2-hydroxypropyl (Z)-octadec-9-enoateHEMOCYANIN

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External database identifiers

PubMed:12153512

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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