C6H12O6
180.16 g/mol
Food AdditiveWarning
An inositol
CAS643-12-9EC201-781-2
Category
Food Additive
Compound Class
Alcohol
Primary Use
nutritional supplement and food additive
An inositol is a naturally occurring polyol that serves as a nutritional supplement and food additive. It is a six-fold alcohol with a cyclohexane backbone, recognized for its role in cellular signaling and metabolism.
nutritional supplementfood additive
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Safety Reference
Warning
H315Causes skin irritation
H319Causes serious eye irritation
H335May cause respiratory irritation
Customs Tariff Classification
The international HS code for An inositol (CAS 643-12-9) is 2906.13.
HS code (international, 6-digit)
2906.13
EU CN code (8-digit)
2906 13 90
Classification per the EU customs inventory ECICS (2026-07 snapshot, HS 2022). National tariff lines and product form can affect the final classification.
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
InChIKey
CDAISMWEOUEBRE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C1(C(C(C(C(C1O)O)O)O)O)O
Synonyms (137)
- 2H3
- CBU
- INS
- Inositol, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
- myo-Inositol, European Pharmacopoeia (EP)
- 1,2,3,4,5,6-Cyclohexanehexol
- 1,2,3,5/4,6-Cyclohexanehexol
- 1,2,4,5/3,6-cyclohexanehexol
- 1,2,4/3,5,6-cyclohexanehexol
- 1,3,4,5,6-Cyclohexanehexol
- 1,3,5/2,4,6-cyclohexanehexol
- 1,3,5/4,6-Cyclohexanehexol
- 1D-Chiro-inositol
- 1D-myo-Inositol
- 1L-Chiro-inositol
- 1L-myo-Inositol
- 2os9
- 4irx
- Allo-inositol
- Bios I
- CHIRO-INOSITOLS
- Cocositol
- Cyclohexanehexol
- Cyclohexitol
- D-chiro-Inositol
- D-muco-Inositol
- D-myo-Inositol
- DL-CHIRO-INOSITOL
- Dambose
- ELND 005
- Hexahydroxycyclohexane
- INOSITOL (D)
- INOSITOL (L)
- INOSITOL [MART.]
- Inosital
- Inosital (TN)
- Inosite
- Inositene
- Inositina
- Inositol (NF)
- Inositol (VAN)
- Inositol (VAN8C
- Inositol [Nonspecific isomer]
- Inositol, D-chiro-
- Inositol, allo-
- Inositol, chiro-
- Inositol, cis-
- Inositol, epi-
- Inositol, i-
- Inositol, meso-
- Inositol, muco-
- Inositol, myo-
- Inositol, myo- (8CI)
- Inositol, neo-
- Inositol, scyllo-
- Insitolum
- Iso-inositol
- J101.888D
- J101.889B
- J101.890F
- J101.891D
- J101.892B
- J9.771C
- L-Inositol
- L-chiro-Inositol
- L-myo-Inositol
- Levoinositol
- Matezodambose
- Meat sugar
- Mesoinosit
- Mesoinosite
- Mesol
- Mesovit
- Mouse antialopecia factor
- Muco-Inositol
- Muscle sugar
- Myo-inositol CRS
- Myoinosite
- Neo-inositol
- Nucite
- Phaseomannite
- Phaseomannitol
- Quercinitol
- Rat antispectacled eye factor
- Scyllite
- Scyllitol
- Scyllo-inositol
- an inositol
- chiro-inositol
- cis-Inositol
- cis-Inositol, >=98.0% (TLC)
- cyclohexane-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexol
- d-Inositol
- epi-Cyclohexanehexol
- epi-Inositol
- epi-Inositol, >=98.0% (HPLC)
- i-Inositol
- i-Inositol (Standard)
- inositol
- inositols
- meso-Inositol
- myo-Inositol, p.a.
- myo-Inositol;meso-Inositol
- myo-inositol
- orthorhombic myo-inositol
- rac-chiro-inositol
- scyllo-Cyclohexanehexol
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