C20H30O
286.5 g/mol
APIDanger
Retinol
CAS68-26-8EC200-683-7
Category
API
Compound Class
Alcohol
Primary Use
Pharmaceutical Raw Material
Retinol is a form of vitamin A that appears as yellow crystalline or orange solid, practically insoluble in water. It is an essential micronutrient used primarily as an active pharmaceutical ingredient in nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical manufacturing.
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CAS 68-26-8
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Safety Reference
Danger
H302Harmful if swallowed
H317May cause an allergic skin reaction
H319Causes serious eye irritation
H360May damage fertility or the unborn child
H413May cause long lasting harmful effects to aquatic life
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-ol
InChIKey
FPIPGXGPPPQFEQ-OVSJKPMPSA-N
SMILES
CC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/CO)/C)/C
Synonyms (144)
- ACON
- ATAV
- Retinolum [INN-Latin]
- Vitamin A (USP)
- 1gx8
- 1rbp
- A-Mulsal
- A-Sol
- A-Vi-Pel
- A-Vitan
- Agiolan
- Agoncal
- Alcovit A
- Alphalin
- Alphasterol
- Anatola
- Anatola A
- Anti Wrinkle Eye Cream
- Anti-aging cream
- Anti-infective vitamin
- Antixerophthalmic vitamin
- Antixerophthalmisches Vitamin
- Aoral
- Apexol
- Apostavit
- Aquasol A Parenteral
- Aquasynth
- Atars
- Avibon
- Avitol
- Axerol
- Axerophthol
- Axerophtholum
- Bean Moisturizing
- Bentavit A
- Biosterol
- CVC Retinol collagen
- Chocola A
- Cylasphere
- Disatabs Tabs
- Dofsol
- Dohyfral A
- Epiteliol
- Firming Cream
- Hi-A-Vita
- Highy-Stable
- Homagenets Aoral
- Hydrovit A
- LANIMPRESS Anti-aging cream
- Lard Factor
- Moisturizing Anti-Aging Cream
- Myvpack
- Neck Firming
- Nepalm
- Nio-A-Let
- Oleovitamin A
- Ophthalamin
- Plivit A
- Prepalin
- Pure Retinol
- RETINOL VITAMIN E
- Recovery Cream
- RerinolCream
- Retin-11,12-t2-ol (9CI)
- Retinol (Vit A)
- Retinol, 95%, synthetic
- Retinol, all trans-
- Retinol, all-trans- (8CI)
- Retinolo
- Retinolum
- Retinyl A
- Retrovitamin A
- Ro-a-vit
- Rovimix A 500
- Sehkraft A
- Solu-A
- Super A
- Surfree Firming
- Tegosphere VitA
- Testavol
- Testavol S
- Thalasphere
- Ultra Brightening Fade
- Vaflol
- Vafol
- Veroftal
- Vi-Alpha
- Vi-alpha; Vi-alpha
- Vio-A
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin A 1
- Vitamin A Impurity 63
- Vitamin A [Natural]
- Vitamin A alcohol
- Vitamin A alcohol (VAN)
- Vitamin A alcohol, all-trans-
- Vitamin A(all-trans-Retinol)
- Vitamin A1 alcohol
- Vitamin A1, all-trans-
- Vitamin Impurity 32
- Vitamine A
- Vitaminum A
- Vitavel A
- Vitpex
- Vogan
- Vogan-Neu
- Wachstumsvitamin
- [11,12-3H]-Retinol
- all-trans-Retinol
- all-trans-Retinol, >/=98 %
- all-trans-Retinyl alcohol
- all-trans-Vitamin A
- all-trans-Vitamin A alcohol
- all-trans-Vitamin A1
- b-Retinol
- beta-Retinol
- retinol
- retinolum densatum oleosum
- tROL
- trans-Vitamin A alcohol
- trans-retinol