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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 24384

RIBONIC 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.

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
1

Resolved substance identity

CAS:17812-24-7
Ingredient index records:
RIBONIC ACID
Cosmetic functions: BUFFERING, CHELATING

2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanoic acid

1 matched or reported name
RIBONIC ACID

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 17812-24-7
CAS 17812-24-7PubChem CID 5460677

Ribonic acid

D-ribonic acid is the D-enantiomer ribonic acid. It has a role as a Daphnia magna metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a D-ribonate. It is an enantiomer of a L-ribonic acid. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
(2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanoic acid
Molecular formula
C5H10O6
Molecular weight
166.13 g/mol
Exact mass
166.04773803 Da
XLogP3
-2.7
Topological polar surface area
118.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
5
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
6
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
3

Also known as

RefChem:179378GlyTouCan:G23711DKCHEBI:33511D-ribonic acid642-98-8RibonateRel-(2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanoic acidCHEBI:21077
2 more reported names
QXKAIJAYHKCRRA-BXXZVTAOSA-NHY-153995A
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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