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Galactonolactone

CAS 2426-46-2

Galactonolactone chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Galactonolactone in plain language

What it is

Also known as D-GALACTONO-7-LACTONE · Galactono-gamma-lactone · (3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5,6-Tetrahydroxyoxepan-2-one · D-Galactonic acid, ε-lactone · Galactonic acid, ξ-lactone, D- · D-galactonic acid, .epsilon.-lactone

Show all 13 names

Galactonic acid, .xi.-lactone, d- · gamma-lactone Galactonic acid · delta-Galactono-1,4-lactone · delta-Galactono-1,5-lactone · delta-Galactono-8-lactone · delta-Galactonolactone · gamma-delta-Galactonolactone

What it does

Used in consumer products as a humectant.

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

Regulation

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

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

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

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 2019-12-20

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

Named organisations

1

Typical roles

Humectant
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