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4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC 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
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:924-49-2
EC:213-106-9
Ingredient index records:
4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID
Cosmetic functions: SKIN CONDITIONING

(±)-4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid

1 matched or reported name
4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name 4-AMINO-3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC 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 924-49-2
CAS 924-49-2PubChem CID 2149

4-Amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid

Gamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid is a gamma-amino acid comprising 4-aminobutyric acid having a 2-hydroxy substituent. It is a gamma-amino acid and a 3-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid. It is functionally related to a butyric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoate. It is a tautomer of a gamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid zwitterion. — ChEBI

IUPAC name
4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
Molecular formula
C4H9NO3
Molecular weight
119.12 g/mol
Exact mass
119.058243149 Da
XLogP3
-4.1
Topological polar surface area
83.6 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
3
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
4
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric acidGamibetalGabomadeBuksaminGamma-amino-beta-hydroxybutyric acid3-Hydroxy-GABABuxamine1ZHM019FLD
16 more reported names
NSC-40244CHEBI:16080RefChem:912319206-518-5213-106-9GabobDL-4-Amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid352-21-6GaborilButanoic acid, 4-amino-3-hydroxy-GabimexGaminalIdraminaBogilaminohydroxybutyric acid3-Hydroxy-4-aminobutyric acid
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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