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Sperm oil

CAS 8002-24-2

Also registered as 5 other CAS numbers

8016-72-6 · 8016-77-1 · 8039-48-3 · 8043-62-7 · 8043-63-8

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Sperm oil in plain language

What it is

Also known as Physeter catodon oil (sperm oil) · Sperm whale oil · Caswell No. 801C · Oils, misc, sperm · Oils, miscellaneous: sperm · Sperm oil (NO INERT USE)

Show all 8 names

acidulated Sperm oil · sperm oils

What it does

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

Recorded functional uses: Surface modifier

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

Regulation

No restrictions found. Sperm oil 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 Surface modifier.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Surface modifier.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Sperm oil 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 February 8, 2019

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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

    Open →

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

Named organisations

2

Typical roles

Surface modifier
See products using Sperm oil →