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S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine

CAS 2387-59-9

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

186537-58-6 · 25390-17-4

S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

What we know about this ingredient

S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine is in the Greenveil catalog but has not been assessed — "Not assessed" means we have no published hazard evidence for it yet, not that it is safe.

Regulation

No restrictions found. S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Beauty
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Personal care.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 1 composition records across product categories including Personal care.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 S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine 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 November 2014

    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.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

1

Named organisations

1

Personal care
See products using S-(Carboxymethyl)cysteine

Catalog

Found in these products