Ingredient name record

Alpha-Arbutin

Korean search label: 알파-알부틴

Evidence at a glance

3official function labelsIngredient context

0selected human studiesNot a full review

1selected legal receiptsNot a compliance verdict 20product recordsRecorded occurrences

Evidence coverage, not an efficacy or safety score.

Identity & coverage details

Official CosIng inventory context recorded; chemical identity and the complete current regulatory profile remain unverified; selected EU legal text available.

Recorded presence is not a safety rating, recommended dose or benefit claim.

Identity and formulation context

Names are indexed using case and whitespace normalization. Botanical, chemical and marketing identities have not been independently equated.

Discovery spellings and aliases

a-arbutin · alpha arbutin · alpha-arbutin · arbutin · 아르부틴 · 알부틴 · 알파 알부틴 · 알파-알부틴 · 알파알부틴

Search-only metadata; an alias is not proof of chemical equivalence.

Functions listed by CosIng

ANTIOXIDANTBLEACHINGSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS

Inventory functions describe the ingredient entry, not a finished product’s effects.

How this inventory match is used

The European Commission’s CosIng inventory is informational. An entry is not permission to use an ingredient or a safety assessment. Listed functions describe the inventory entry; they do not establish a finished product’s effects. The match uses the exact ingredient name, with case and whitespace normalization.

ALPHA-ARBUTIN · Inventory identifiers

Inventory record: 54359 · Active
CAS identifiers in this entry: 84380-01-8
EC identifiers in this entry: 617-561-8
Inventory restriction references: III/377
References require checking the current legal text; they are not a complete restriction assessment.

Checked 2026-10-02 · Read the official CosIng entry

Selected regulatory text

These dated legal texts are ingredient context, not a complete current legal assessment or proof that a product complies.

European Union · Annex III, entry 377

Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/996 · Published 2024-04-04 · Text checked 2026-10-02

Covered products: Face creams and body lotions
Limits in this text: Face cream: 2%. Body lotion: 0.5%.
Conditions: Hydroquinone must be minimized and cannot exceed unavoidable traces.
Transition dates: Noncompliant products cannot first be placed on the EU market from 1 February 2025 or continue to be made available from 1 November 2025.

Selected amendment only; later changes and finished-product compliance are not assessed.

Read the official legal text