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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 16153

MELIBIOSE

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:585-99-9
EC:209-568-6
Ingredient index records:
MELIBIOSE
Cosmetic functions: HUMECTANT

6-O-alfa-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucose

1 matched or reported name
MELIBIOSE

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 585-99-9
CAS 585-99-9PubChem CID 440658

Melibiose

Melibiose is a glycosylglucose formed by an alpha-(16)-linkage between D-galactose and D-glucose. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, a plant metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and an elastin-laminin receptor agonist. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
Molecular formula
C12H22O11
Molecular weight
342.30 g/mol
Exact mass
342.11621151 Da
XLogP3
-4.7
Topological polar surface area
190.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
8
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
11
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
9

Also known as

6-O-(alpha-D-Galactopyranosyl)-D-glucopyranoseCHEBI:28053D-Glucose, 6-O-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-alpha-D-galactopyranosyl-1-6-D-glucopyranoseRefChem:810887GlyTouCan:G09165XB(2R,3R,4S,5S)-6-(((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-((((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxy)methyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
16 more reported names
(3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(((2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol209-568-69B1VBE526ID-MelibioseNSC-2028D-(+)-Melibiose6-O-alpha-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucopyranoseD-Gal-alpha1->6D-GlucoseD-Melibiose anhydrousD-mellibiosealpha-D(+)-Melibiose Hydrate; Melibiose (8CI); 6-O-a-D-Galactopyranosyl-D-glucose; D-(+)-Melibiose; D-Melibiose; NSC 2028Gal-alpha(1,6)GlcEpitope ID:140529alpha-D-Gal-(1->6)-D-Glcalpha-D-Galp-(1->6)-D-GlcD-Gal-alpha(1->6)-D-glucose
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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