Cosmetic ingredient

CHOLESTEROL

Cholesterol is the English name recorded for CHOLESTEROL. The entry lists Cholest-5-en-3-ol (beta)- as a chemical designation, providing an additional technical reference for identifying the ingredient when it appears in a composition.

2D molecular structure

CAS number

57-88-5

EC number

200-353-2

Molecular formula

C27H46O

Molecular weight

386.7

Chemical name

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

InChIKey

HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N

CHOLESTEROL: what it is

CAS number 57-88-5 and EC number 200-353-2 accompany that designation. These identifiers help recognise the substance in the record without providing information about concentration, origin or the result of use in a formulation.

CHOLESTEROL: what it does in cosmetics

CHOLESTEROL is classified as SKIN CONDITIONING - EMOLLIENT, SURFACTANT - EMULSIFYING, SKIN CONDITIONING, LIGHT STABILIZER and VISCOSITY CONTROLLING. The entry brings together conditioning, emulsifying, light-stabilising and viscosity-controlling categories for the ingredient.

Those classifications describe technical roles that may be assigned to cholesterol in a cosmetic formula. They do not determine which role was used in a package, the amount employed or the final effect of a product.

CHOLESTEROL: conditions and care

This entry does not provide a cosmetic restriction, maximum concentration, condition of use or other regulation for CHOLESTEROL. There is also no accompanying text from which a numerical limit or particular condition of use could be established.

The absence of those fields refers only to the information available in this record. It is not a safety assessment and does not confirm that no care or limits exist outside the entry shown.

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