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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 5514

CARNITINE HCl

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:6645-46-1
EC:229-663-6
Ingredient index records:
CARNITINE HCL
Cosmetic functions: HUMECTANT, SKIN CONDITIONING

1-Propanaminium, 3-Carboxy-1-, Hydroxyl-N,N,N-Trimethyl-, Chloride

1 matched or reported name
CARNITINE HCL

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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 6645-46-1
CAS 6645-46-1PubChem CID 656657

Levocarnitine Chloride

The CIR Expert Panel concluded the following ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration described in the safety assessment when formulated to be non-irritating...Carnitine HCl... — Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR)

IUPAC name
[(2R)-3-carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl]-trimethylazanium chloride
Molecular formula
C7H16ClNO3
Molecular weight
197.66 g/mol
Exact mass
197.0818711 Da
Topological polar surface area
57.5 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
2
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
4
Covalent units
2
Defined stereocentres
1

Also known as

L-Carnitine chlorideJ3Y5E6IKS3Carnitine HCllevocarnitine hydrochloride(R)-Carnitine hydrochlorideCarnitine L-form hydrochlorideLC-80EINECS 229-663-6
16 more reported names
CARNITINE HCL [INCI]Levocarnitine chloride (JAN)CARNITINE HYDROCHLORIDE, L-LEVOCARNITINE CHLORIDE [JAN]l-(3-Carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride(-)-(3-Carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium chloride(R)-(3-Carboxy-2-hydroxypropyl)trimethylammonium chlorideSELTZER CHEMICALS L-CARNITINE HCLLEVOCARNITINE HYDROCHLORIDE [MART.](R)-3-Carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium chlorideLEVOCARNITINE HYDROCHLORIDE [WHO-DD]1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, chloride, (R)-AMMONIUM, (3-CARBOXY-2-HYDROXYPROPYL)TRIMETHYL-, CHLORIDE, (-)-(2R)-3-CARBOXY-2-HYDROXY-N,N,N-TRIMETHYL-1-PROPANAMINIUM INNER SALT HYDROCHLORIDELEVOCARNITINE HYDROCHLORIDE (MART.)L-cartin
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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