What does Butoxyethyl nicotinate do?

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent.

Is Butoxyethyl nicotinate safe?

We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

beauty
industrial

Butoxyethyl nicotinate

CAS 1322-29-8

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

13912-80-6

Butoxyethyl nicotinate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Butoxyethyl nicotinate in plain language

What it is: Also known as Nicoboxil · Beta-butoxyethyl nicotinate · Nicoboxilo · 2-Butoxyethyl 3-pyridinecarboxylate · 2-Butoxyethyl pyridine-3-carboxylate · 2-Butoxyethyl nicotinate
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3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 2-butoxyethyl ester · Butoxyethyl 3-pyridinecarboxylate · Nicotinsaeure-beta-butoxyethylester · SR-01000945168 · UNII-GSD5B9US0W · Nicoboxilum
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. Butoxyethyl nicotinate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

Found in consumer products
Industrial

EUCosIngActiveListed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.
- Listed in CosIng inventory for cosmetic use.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 Butoxyethyl nicotinate. 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 Butoxyethyl nicotinate 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 Butoxyethyl nicotinate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Named organisations

Typical roles

Skin conditioning

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