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Juglone

CAS 481-39-0

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

481-13-0

Juglone chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Juglone in plain language

What it is

Also known as 5-Hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione · C.I. 75500 · C.I. natural brown 7 · CI-75500 · Nucin · Regianin

Show all 18 names

1,4-Dihydro-1,4-dioxo-5-hydroxynaphthalene · 1,4-Naphthalenedione, 5-hydroxy- · 1,4-Naphthoquinone, 5-hydroxy- · 5-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione · 5-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone · 5-Hydroxynaphthoquinone · 5-hidroxi-1,4-naftoquinona · 8-Hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone · Akhnot · Juglon · Yuglon · walnut extract

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Juglone yet.

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Juglone appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Personal care.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 3 composition records across product categories including Personal care.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Juglone. These are the independent scientific bodies that assess ingredients like this one; we show an opinion only when a record we hold cites it.

  • SCCS

    EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety

    No SCCS opinion on file.

  • CIR

    Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)

    No CIR safety assessment on file.

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Juglone yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated July 2013

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

    Open →
  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

    Open →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    Open →

Allergen profile

Canonical allergen markers detected on this ingredient. Each row is derived from the ingredient’s name or synonyms matching a known allergen class — useful when scanning a label for a specific allergy context.

  • Tree nutsContains · Oral (ingested)

    Source: chemindex_name_match

Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Juglone in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

3

Named organisations

1

Personal care
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Juglone; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.