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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 23766

PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE

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:72909-34-3
Ingredient index records:
PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE
Cosmetic functions: ANTIOXIDANT, HUMECTANT, SKIN CONDITIONING, SKIN PROTECTING

1H-Pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid, 4,5-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-,PQQ

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PYRROLOQUINOLINE QUINONE

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 72909-34-3
CAS 72909-34-3PubChem CID 1024

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone

Pyrroloquinoline quinone is a pyrroloquinoline having oxo groups at the 4- and 5-positions and carboxy groups at the 2-, 7- and 9-positions. It has a role as an antioxidant, a cofactor, a water-soluble vitamin (role) and an anti-inflammatory agent. It is a member of orthoquinones, a pyrroloquinoline cofactor and a tricarboxylic acid. It is a conjugate acid of a pyrroloquinoline quinone(3-). — ChEBI

IUPAC name
4,5-dioxo-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid
Molecular formula
C14H6N2O8
Molecular weight
330.21 g/mol
Exact mass
330.01241515 Da
XLogP3
-0.1
Topological polar surface area
175.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
4
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
9
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

methoxatinCoenzyme pqqPyrrolo-quinoline quinonePqq coenzymePqq cofactor4,5-dioxo-1H,4H,5H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid2,7,9-Tricarboxypyrroloquinoline quinoneCHEBI:18315
16 more reported names
2,7,9-Tricarboxy-1H-pyrrolo(2,3-f)quinoline-4,5-dionepyrroloquinolinedione tricarboxylic acid1H-Pyrrolo(2,3-f)quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid, 4,5-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-2,4,6-tricarboxylic-pyrrolo[2,3-5,6]quinoline 8,9-quinoneCoenzyme, PQQCofactor, PQQPQQ, CoenzymeQuinone, PyrroloquinolinePyrrolo Quinoline QuinoneQuinone, Pyrrolo-Quinoline2,4,6-tricarboxylic-pyrrolo(2,3-5,6)quinoline 8,9-quinone4,5-dioxo-1H-pyrrolo(2,3-f)quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid4,5-dioxo-1H,4H,5H-pyrrolo(2,3-f)quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid1H-Pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid, 4,5-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-4,5-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-1H-pyrrolo(2,3-5,6)quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid4,5-dihydro-4,5-dioxo-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-5,6]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid
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External database identifiers

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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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