Skip to content
  • beauty

Glycinamide hydrochloride

CAS 1668-10-6

Glycinamide hydrochloride chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Glycinamide hydrochloride in plain language

What it is

On cosmetic ingredient lists it appears as “Glycinamide hcl”.

Also known as Glycinamide hcl · 2-Aminoethanimidic acid--hydrogen chloride (1/1) · 2-aminoacetamide;hydrochloride · Aminoethanimidic acid--hydrogen chloride (1/1) · Glycine amide hydrochloride · (2-amino-2-oxoethyl)azanium;chloride

Show all 20 names

2-AMINOACETAMIDE hydrochloride · Acetamide, 2-AMINO-, hydrochloride (1:1) · Acetamide, 2-amino-, monohydrochloride · Ethanimidic acid, 2-amino-, hydrochloride (1:1) · Glycineamide hcl · GlyNH2.HCl · monohydrochloride Glycinamide · Glycinamidehydrochloride · Glycineamide hydrochloride · H-Gly-NH2.HCl · aminoacetamide hydrochloride · glycinamide HCI · glycine amide HCl · h-gly-nh2 hcl

What it does

Used in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning agent and a skin protectant.

  • Skin conditioning
  • Skin protecting
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.

What we know about this ingredient

EPA DSSTox provides the canonical identifier, structure, and synonym profile for this chemical.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Glycinamide hydrochloride appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • EUCosIngActiveGlycinamide HCl is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:
    • Glycinamide HCl is the organic compound that conforms to the formula: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 Glycinamide hydrochloride. 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 Glycinamide hydrochloride 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

  • CosIng

    regulatory · updated 2026-09-23

    Open →
  • 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 →
  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

    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.