What does Piroctone olamine do?

Used in consumer products as a preservative and an antimicrobial.

Is Piroctone olamine safe?

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

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Piroctone olamine

CAS 68890-66-4

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

2320499-73-6

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Piroctone olamine in plain language

What it is: Also known as Piroctone ethanolamine · Piroctone ethanolamine salt (1:1) · Octopirox · Octopyrox · Piroctone ethanolamine salt · Allermyl
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FORTE Magnetic S3 Oil Control Anti-Dandfuff · GZE Black Castor Oil EdgeControl · Keratolux · Kopirox · Piroctoneolamine
What it does: Used in consumer products as a preservative and an antimicrobial.
Preservative
Antimicrobial
Is it a concern?: We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Piroctone olamine appears in these published regulatory listings.

In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Beauty
Cleaning

USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 45 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, Biocide.
- EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 45 composition records across product categories including Personal care. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative, Biocide.Source →
USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total products.
- FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 2 active drug products and 2 total 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 Piroctone olamine. 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 Piroctone olamine 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

EPA Chemical and Products Database
exposure · updated june 12, 2019
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EPA DSSTox Identifiers
chemistry · updated 2025-12-29
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FDA National Drug Code Directory
regulatory · updated 2026-12-31
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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.

Food use

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.

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

Source records

Named organisations

Personal care

Typical roles

PreservativeAntimicrobial

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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Piroctone olamine in the catalog.