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alpha-Amylase

CAS 9000-90-2

Also registered as 12 other CAS numbers

9000-85-5 · 152923-47-2 · 152923-48-3 · 152923-49-4 · 9001-95-0 · 9036-05-9 · 9077-78-5 · 70356-39-7 · 106009-10-3 · 135319-50-5 · 144133-13-1 · 2829257-17-0

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

alpha-Amylase in plain language

What it is

Also known as .alpha.-amylase (porcine) · Alpha-amylase swine pancreas · Pancrelipase (amylase) · Pancrelipase amylase · Pancreatic amylase · Porcine pancreas .alpha.-amylase

Show all 19 names

1,4-α-D-Glucan glucanohydrolase · 1,4-α-D-Glucanase · 1,4-α-Glucanase · Aimadzhunt NT · Alfamalt FAU C 5000 · Amilase, alpha-, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens · alpha amylase · amylase · amylase enzyme · amylase, .alpha.- · amylase, α- · termamyl · α-Amylase

What it does

Used in consumer products as a stabiliser and a cleaning agent.

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. alpha-Amylase appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Cleaning
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 165 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Cleaning agent, Chemical reaction regulator, Stabilizing agent.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 165 composition records across product categories including Cleaning products and household care, Cleaning and safety. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Cleaning agent, Chemical reaction regulator, Stabilizing agent.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as protein.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as protein.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

4 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated october 22, 2017

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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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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.

  • GlutenContains · 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 alpha-Amylase in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

165

Named organisations

6

Cleaning products and household careCleaning and safety

Typical roles

StabiliserCleaning agent
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Catalog

Found in these products

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