Official EU label nameGlossary entry 15878

MALIC 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 identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:97-67-6

EC:202-601-5

Ingredient index records:

MALIC ACID

Cosmetic functions: BUFFERING

Butenedioic acid, hydroxy-, (2S)-

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MALIC ACID

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 97-67-6

CAS 97-67-6PubChem CID 222656

L-Malic Acid

(S)-malic acid is an optically active form of malic acid having (S)-configuration. It has a role as a geroprotector. It is a conjugate acid of a (S)-malate(2-). It is an enantiomer of a (R)-malic acid. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: (2S)-2-hydroxybutanedioic acid

Molecular formula: C4H6O5
Molecular weight: 134.09 g/mol
Exact mass: 134.02152329 Da
XLogP3: -1.3
Topological polar surface area: 94.8 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 3
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 5
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 1

Also known as

(-)-Malic acid(-)-Hydroxysuccinic acidS-(-)-Malic acidMalic acid, L-Malic acid L-(-)-formHydroxysuccinnic acid (-)Butanedioic acid, 2-hydroxy-, (2S)-Hydroxybutanedioic acid, (S)-

16 more reported names

J3TZF807X5NSC92322-Hydroxybutanedioic acid, (S)-NSC 9232EINECS 202-601-5L-MALIC ACID [FHFI]L-MALIC ACID [WHO-DD]MALIC ACID L-(-)-FORM [MI]MALIC ACID, L-(II)MALIC ACID, L-[II]RefChem:796817(-)-Hydroxybutanedioic Acidhydron;(2S)-2-hydroxybutanedioate202-601-5L-(-)-Malic acid(S)-2-hydroxysuccinic acid

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:30797
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1234046
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID30273987
PubMed:22762370
PubMed:22569531
PubMed:22563326
PubMed:22394308
PubMed:20975839
PubMed:20003296
PubMed:19653890
PubMed:19555779
PubMed:18081344
PubMed:17910757
PubMed:17764195
PubMed:17349037

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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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