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Codeine

CAS 76-57-3

Also registered as 7 other CAS numbers

79990-78-6 · 120210-43-7 · 779974-38-8 · 894410-98-1 · 1071760-39-8 · 1080067-84-0 · 1469752-78-0

Codeine chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Codeine in plain language

What it is

Also known as Codeine polistirex · Codeine anhydrous · Codicept · Coducept · Kodelak fito · Methylmorphine

Show all 26 names

Morphine monomethyl ether · Mytussin · O3-METHYLMORPHINE · (-)-Codeine · 3-Methylmorphine · 7,8-Didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol · 7,8-didehydro-4,5α-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6α-ol · Codeine base · Codeinum monohydricum · IDS-NC-005(SECT.-2) · Morphine 3-methyl ether · N-methyl Norcodeine · N-methyl Norcodine · O(3)-methylmorphine · codeina · codeinum · codiene · l-Codeine · Codeprex component codeine polistirex · Penntuss component codeine polistirex

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Pharmaceutical

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

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substance2 entries
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as concept.Source →
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 2 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Codeine 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 September 2018

    Open →
  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

    Open →
  • 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 →
Reference links (1)
Openfda substance

accessdata.fda.gov

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 Codeine in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

2

Named organisations

6

Laboratory supplies

Typical roles

Pharmaceutical
See products using Codeine →