Official EU label nameGlossary entry 3163

BEHENYL ALCOHOL

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 identifiers

Resolved substance identity

CAS:661-19-8

EC:211-546-6

Ingredient index records:

BEHENYL ALCOHOL

Cosmetic functions: BINDING, EMULSION STABILISING, SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT, VISCOSITY CONTROLLING

Docosan-1-ol

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BEHENYL ALCOHOL

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 661-19-8

CAS 661-19-8PubChem CID 12620

Behenyl Alcohol

Docosan-1-ol is a long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is docosane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1. It is a non-prescription medicine approved by the FDA to shorten healing time of cold sores. It has a role as an antiviral drug and a plant metabolite. It is a docosanol and a long-chain primary fatty alcohol. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: docosan-1-ol

Molecular formula: C22H46O
Molecular weight: 326.6 g/mol
Exact mass: 326.354866087 Da
XLogP3: 10.5
Topological polar surface area: 20.2 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 1
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 0

Also known as

1-DOCOSANOLDocosanolBehenic alcoholn-DocosanolDocosyl alcoholLidavolStenol 1822Lidakol

16 more reported names

Stenol 1822ALanette 22NSC-84079G1OE216XYNSC8407CHEBI:31000Cold Sore TreatmentRefChem:55058Cold Sore Fever BlisterJulie Cold Sore TreatmentCold Sore Fever Blister Treatment211-546-6AbrevaTadenanDocosanol [USAN]Nacol 22-97

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:31000
ChEMBL:CHEMBL1200453
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID4027286
PubMed:22803367
PubMed:22795601
PubMed:22524716
PubMed:22188804
PubMed:22016792
PubMed:21994673
PubMed:21823443
PubMed:21563128
PubMed:21424249
PubMed:21386131
PubMed:21373991
PubMed:21121552

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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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