# HUMAN SERUM

URL: https://app.greenveil.ai/ingredients/ingredient_unii_z3_r3_jn730_c
Categories: beauty, cleaning, food, industrial, pharma
Functions: Humectant, Solvent, Skin conditioning, Hair conditioning, Cleansing, Film forming
Identifier: DTXSID2040864

> HUMAN SERUM: Used in cosmetics as a humectant, a solvent and a skin-conditioning agent. EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 121 composition records across product categories including Food and drug, Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products. Compiled from 4 published data sources.

## Safety assessment

- Chemical concern: not yet assessed
- Is it a concern? We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet. It is listed for cosmetic use in the EU.
- Rationale: EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 121 composition records across product categories including Food and drug, Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products.

## Regulatory status

- EU: Active — rh-Polypeptide-96 is a single chain recombinant human peptide produced by fermentation in  Saccharomyces.  The starting gene codes for Serum Albumin, and is synthesized in vitro from an mRNA template isolated from human liver tissue. It contains a maximum of 609 amino acids which may contain disulfide bonds and/or glycosylation. The protein consists of the proper sequence of the 20 standard amino acids. Restriction: II/416
- EU: Active — Albumins, blood serum
- US: commercial use observed — EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 121 composition records across product categories including Food and drug, Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Humectant, Film former, Softener and conditioner.
- US: listed in openFDA substance — openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as structurallydiverse.

## Expert safety opinions

- SCCS (EU Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety): no opinion on file.
- CIR (Cosmetic Ingredient Review (US expert panel)): no opinion on file.

## Data sources

- CosIng (updated 2026-09-23): https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/details/78719
- EPA Chemical and Products Database (updated November 2014): http://siri.org/msds/f2/bwv/bwvrw.html
- FDA GSRS UNII (updated 2026-02-26): https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/
- openFDA Substance (updated 2026-05-24): https://api.fda.gov/other/substance.json?search=unii:Z3R3JN730C

_Assessed by Greenveil._