FOLIC ACID
Folic acid
FOLIC ACID is listed in the EU CosIng inventory, but no direct annex records are linked on this page yet.
Regulatory evidence by market
No rule for this ingredient has been imported for any of the 13 markets tracked here.
That describes this inventory, not the law. No imported rule is not evidence that an ingredient is permitted: a rule may exist under another name or identifier, or in a dataset not yet imported here.
Chemical identity and properties
Folic Acid
Folic acid is a water soluble vitamin found in many foods and particularly in leafy green vegetables that is essential for the critical biosynthetic pathways involving transfer of methyl groups to organic compounds. There is no evidence that folic acid, in physiologic or even super-physiologic, high doses, causes liver injury or jaundice. — LiverTox
- IUPAC name
- (2S)-2-[[4-[(2-amino-4-oxo-3H-pteridin-6-yl)methylamino]benzoyl]amino]pentanedioic acid
- Molecular formula
- C19H19N7O6
- Molecular weight
- 441.4 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 441.13968135 Da
- XLogP3
- -1.1
- Topological polar surface area
- 209.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 6
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 10
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 1
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:27470
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1622
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0022519
- PubMed:23125859
- PubMed:23124343
- PubMed:23124011
- PubMed:23122099
- PubMed:23120952
- PubMed:23118736
- PubMed:23115770
- PubMed:23113023
- PubMed:23112993
- PubMed:23112906
- PubMed:23106273
- PubMed:23105845
Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.
Inventory details for FOLIC ACID
INCI name
FOLIC ACID
INN name
folic acid
Ph. Eur. name
acidum folicum
Description
Folic acid
Record provenance
- Inventory reference
- 33946
- Imported identity
- FOLIC ACID
- Source update
- 15/10/2010
Annex records for FOLIC ACID
Key data
Official EU ingredient-name evidence
The ingredient name exactly matches the official 2025 EU glossary of common ingredient names.
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How FOLIC ACID appears in the CosIng inventory
The CosIng inventory lists FOLIC ACID as a cosmetic ingredient and this page links it to 0 annex records. The inventory entry captures names and identifiers, while the annex records show where the substance is prohibited, restricted or positively listed in EU cosmetics law.
FOLIC ACID is also tagged with 1 cosmetic function in the official data. Function labels describe intended use, but they do not replace regulatory review of linked annex records before formulation or labelling work.
Frequently asked questions
Source note for FOLIC ACID
This page reproduces the CosIng inventory entry for FOLIC ACID from public European Commission cosmetic ingredient materials and shows linked identifiers even when no direct annex match is currently attached.
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