# Strychnine

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_cas_57_24_9
Categories: beauty, industrial, pharma
Functions: Pharmaceutical
Identifier: 57-24-9

> Strychnine is used as pharmaceutical. Greenveil chemical-concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.. Assessed from 7 sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern score: 100/100 — Critical concern based on regulatory listings.
- Confidence: 4
- Rationale: Strychnine and its salts is prohibited in cosmetic products under Annex II of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009.

## Regulatory status

- EU: banned — Annex II of EU Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009: substances prohibited in cosmetic products.
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 7 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Pesticides. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.
- US: marketed drug occurrence — FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 16 active drug products and 16 total products.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.

_Assessed by Greenveil._