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Pycnogenol

CAS 174882-69-0

Also registered as 3 other CAS numbers

90082-75-0 · 284048-60-8 · 320574-24-1

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Pycnogenol in plain language

What it is

Also known as Maritime pine · Maritime pine extract · Pinus pinaster bark · Pinus pinaster bark extract · French maritime pine bark extract · Maritime pine bark

Show all 10 names

Pine bark extract · Picnogenol · Prelox · Pycnogenol (Pinus maritima) Extract

What it does

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

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

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 71 composition records across product categories including Personal care.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 71 composition records across product categories including Personal care.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Expert safety opinions

No expert opinion on file for Pycnogenol. 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 Pycnogenol 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 March 2015

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  • 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 →
Reference links (1)
Openfda substance

naturalstandard.com

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

Source records

71

Named organisations

3

Personal care
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Catalog

Found in these products

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

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