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Cannabinol

CAS 47276-71-1

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

521-35-7

Cannabinol chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Cannabinol in plain language

What it is

Also known as Cannabinolo · Cbn · Cannabinol (CBN) · Cannabinol - (C21H26O2) · Mesh id: D002187 · NCGC00168261-01

Show all 8 names

UNII-7UYP6MC9GH · Cannabinolum

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent.

  • Skin conditioning
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • EUCosIngActiveCannabinol is the organic compound that conforms to the formula: Restriction: II/306 CANNABINOL, as such, is not listed in the Schedules of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. However, it shall be prohibited from use in cosmetic products (II/306), if prepared from a substance controlled in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Please note that national legislations on controlled substances may also apply.
    • Cannabinol is the organic compound that conforms to the formula: Restriction: II/306 CANNABINOL, as such, is not listed in the Schedules of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. However, it shall be prohibited from use in cosmetic products (II/306), if prepared from a substance controlled in Schedule I of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Please note that national legislations on controlled substances may also apply.Source →
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products.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 Cannabinol. 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 Cannabinol yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

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  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2020-08-31

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

Skin conditioning
See products using Cannabinol →