Official EU label nameGlossary entry 1685

AMINOBUTYRIC 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 substance identity

CAS:56-12-2

EC:200-258-6

Ingredient index records:

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID

Cosmetic functions: HAIR CONDITIONING

4-Aminobutyric acid

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AMINOBUTYRIC ACID

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 56-12-2

CAS 56-12-2PubChem CID 119

Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Gamma-aminobutyric acid is a gamma-amino acid that is butanoic acid with the amino substituent located at C-4. It has a role as a neurotransmitter, a signalling molecule, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a monocarboxylic acid and a gamma-amino acid. It is functionally related to a butyric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a gamma-aminobutyrate. It is a tautomer of a gamma-aminobutyric acid zwitterion. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: 4-aminobutanoic acid

Molecular formula: C4H9NO2
Molecular weight: 103.12 g/mol
Exact mass: 103.063328530 Da
XLogP3: -3.2
Topological polar surface area: 63.3 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 2
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 3
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

GABAPiperidic acidPiperidinic acidAminalonGaballonMielomadeGamarexGammalon

16 more reported names

GammarGammasolbutanoic acid, 4-amino-GammaloneButyric acid, 4-amino-gamma-Aminobutanoic acidImmu-Ggamma-amino-n-butyric acidGammageeGamulin4-aminobutyrategamma-Aminobuttersaeureomega-Aminobutyric acid4-aminobutanoateAminaloneFactor I

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:16865
ChEMBL:CHEMBL96
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6035106
PubMed:29968805
PubMed:23112257
PubMed:23105881
PubMed:23076187
PubMed:23050395
PubMed:23049952
PubMed:23038008
PubMed:23036505
PubMed:23028831
PubMed:23019949
PubMed:23002661
PubMed:23000774

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Cosmetic Ingredient Review safety assessments FDA Global Substance Registration System ILO/WHO International Chemical Safety Cards Japan NITE-CHRIP NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards OECD eChemPortal US EPA CompTox CTX APIs

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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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