Official EU label nameGlossary entry 6243

CHOLESTEROL

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:57-88-5

EC:200-353-2

Ingredient index records:

CHOLESTEROL

Cosmetic functions: LIGHT STABILIZER, SKIN CONDITIONING, SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING, VISCOSITY CONTROLLING

Cholest-5-en-3-ol (beta)-

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2 matched or reported names

CHOLESTEROLcholesterol

Regulatory evidence across markets

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

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Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 57-88-5

CAS 57-88-5PubChem CID 5997

Cholesterol

Cholesterol is a cholestanoid consisting of cholestane having a double bond at the 5,6-position as well as a 3beta-hydroxy group. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a human metabolite, a Daphnia galeata metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a C27-steroid, a 3beta-hydroxy-Delta(5)-steroid, a 3beta-sterol and a cholestanoid. — ChEBI

IUPAC name: (3S,8S,9S,10R,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-17-[(2R)-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol

Molecular formula: C27H46O
Molecular weight: 386.7 g/mol
Exact mass: 386.354866087 Da
XLogP3: 8.7
Topological polar surface area: 20.2 Å²
Hydrogen-bond donors: 1
Hydrogen-bond acceptors: 1
Covalent units: 1
Defined stereocentres: 8

Also known as

CholesterinCholest-5-en-3beta-olCholesteryl alcoholDytholCordulanDusolineDusoranCholesterine

16 more reported names

CholestrinCholestrolHydrocerinLidiniteKathroLanolSuper hartolanLidinitCholesterol base HNimco cholesterol base H(-)-Cholesterol3beta-Hydroxycholest-5-eneTegolan5:6-Cholesten-3beta-ol(3beta)-cholest-5-en-3-olProvitamin-d

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External database identifiers

ChEBI:CHEBI:140435
ChEBI:CHEBI:16113
ChEMBL:CHEMBL112570
EPA DTXSID:DTXSID3022401
PubMed:31829048
PubMed:29968805
PubMed:25424010
PubMed:23125556
PubMed:23125512
PubMed:23125303
PubMed:23123480
PubMed:23123463
PubMed:23122066
PubMed:23120960
PubMed:23119181
PubMed:23119176

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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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