Official EU label nameGlossary entry 30172

XYLITOL

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:87-99-0

EC:201-788-0

Ingredient index records:

XYLITOL

Cosmetic functions: HUMECTANT, SKIN CONDITIONING

Xylitol

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XYLITOL

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 87-99-0

CAS 87-99-0PubChem CID 6912

(2S,4R)-Pentane-1,2,3,4,5-Pentol

Ribitol is a pentitol (five-carbon sugar alcohol) having meso-configuration, being derived from ribose by reduction of the carbonyl group. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis. It has a role as a plant metabolite, a human metabolite and a Daphnia magna metabolite. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: (2R,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol

Molecular formula: C5H12O5
Molecular weight: 152.15 g/mol
Exact mass: 152.06847348 Da
XLogP3: -2.5
Topological polar surface area: 101.0 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 5
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 5
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 2

Also known as

RefChem:934805GlyTouCan:G06874YZxylitolribitoladonitol488-81-3XyliteD-Xylitol

16 more reported names

AdonitAdoniteEutritKlinitXylitonXylite (sugar)KannitD-ribitolNewtolXylit1,2,3,4,5-pentanepentolKylitmeso-ribitolFluoretteXylisorbxylo-Pentitol

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:15963
ChEBI:CHEBI:17151
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1865120
ChEMBL:CHEMBL3137744
ChEMBL:CHEMBL96783
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID601032335
PubMed:25422590
PubMed:23060871
PubMed:23027746
PubMed:23016999
PubMed:22985953
PubMed:22973473
PubMed:22960461
PubMed:22950013
PubMed:22948921
PubMed:22942146
PubMed:22939799
PubMed:22918894

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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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