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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 26898

SODIUM PCA

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:28874-51-3
EC:249-277-1
Ingredient index records:
SODIUM PCA
Cosmetic functions: ANTISTATIC, HAIR CONDITIONING, HUMECTANT, SKIN CONDITIONING

Sodium 5-oxo-2-pyrrolidinecarboxylate

1 matched or reported name
SODIUM PCA

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 28874-51-3
CAS 28874-51-3PubChem CID 23668602

Sodium Pidolate

IUPAC name
sodium (2S)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylate
Molecular formula
C5H6NNaO3
Molecular weight
151.10 g/mol
Exact mass
151.02453734 Da
Topological polar surface area
69.2 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
3
Covalent units
2
Defined stereocentres
1

Also known as

Sodium L-pyroglutamateSodium pyroglutamateL-Proline, 5-oxo-, monosodium saltL-5-Oxoproline monosodium saltSodium pyrrolidone-5-carboxylate5-Oxo-L-proline monosodium saltSodium L-pyrrolidonecarboxylateEINECS 249-277-1
16 more reported names
UNII-1V74VH163TProline, 5-oxo-, monosodium salt, L-PDSI 1011V74VH163TL-SODIUM PIDOLATESODIUM PIDOLATE [WHO-DD]EC 249-277-1Pidolate SodiumRefChem:184083249-277-12-Pyrrolidone-5-Carboxylic Acid Sodium SaltSodium 5-oxo-L-prolinateProline, 5-oxo-, monosodium saltSodium (S)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylateSodium L-Pyroglutamate (Technical Grade)sodium;(2S)-5-oxopyrrolidine-2-carboxylate
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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