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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 5321

CAPROOYL SPHINGOSINE

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.

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Evidence gaps
13
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Resolved substance identity

Ingredient index records:
CAPROOYL SPHINGOSINE
Cosmetic functions: HAIR CONDITIONING, SKIN CONDITIONING

Caprooyl Sphingosine is the product obtained by the reaction of Caproic Acid and Sphingosine

1 matched or reported name
CAPROOYL SPHINGOSINE

Each compound below is connected through an exact CosIng ingredient-name match and an exact PubChem synonym match. It is not inferred from a partial or similar name.

N-Hexanoylsphingosine

Exact match
IUPAC name
N-[(E,2S,3R)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]hexanamide
Molecular formula
C24H47NO3
Molecular weight
397.6 g/mol
InChIKey
NPRJSFWNFTXXQC-QFWQFVLDSA-N
PubChem CID
5702613

N-(hexanoyl)sphing-4-enine is an N-acylsphingosine consisting of sphing-4-enine bearing a hexanoyl group on nitrogen. It is functionally related to a sphing-4-enine.

Exact CosIng INCI name equals a PubChem synonym · Checked 2026-08-31

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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.

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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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