Cetyl Alcohol

Safety Summary

Regulatory Status

Sources

No citations are recorded specifically for the human adult context, so the record-wide source list is shown. It backs the record, not this particular band.

• FDA GRAS 21 CFR 172.864 Fatty Alcohols; FDA Inactive Ingredient Database Cetyl Alcohol Topical Vaginal; Contact Sensitization Patch Test; Emollient Emulsifier Pharmaceutical Excipient; Plant-Derived 1-Hexadecanol; No IARC NTP EPA EFSA Carcinogenicity Classification REGULATORY · 2019
• identity database ECHA CHEM, Download all substances: REACH registrations (ECHA's own list of REACH-registered substances) REGULATORY · 2026
• where to look PubChem: Toxicity section (CID 2682) PUBCHEM
• Computational Toxicology and Exposure APIs: Data Domains (EPA CCTE) REGULATORY
• CompTox Chemicals Dashboard: Release Notes (EPA) REGULATORY
• PubChem computed properties for CID 2682 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026
• Permissible Exposure Limits – OSHA Annotated Table Z-1 REGULATORY
• OEHHA Proposition 65 List of Carcinogens or Reproductive Toxicants (CSV, list date 31-Jul-26) REGULATORY
• where to look Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB), as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 2682; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• where to look Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases, as recorded by PubChem (Experimental Properties, CID 2682; where-to-look, not a source of this value) DATABASE · 2026
• EPA CompTox CTX API: predicted properties for DTXSID4027991 (Cetyl Alcohol) REFERENCE
• PubChem computed structure descriptors for CID 2682 (computed, not measured; as recorded by PubChem) DATABASE · 2026

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