EWG Skin Deep® | What is ORYZANOL

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Data: Fair

Oryzanol

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Other Concerns

SYNONYMS

● GAMMA-ORIZANOL

● ORIZANOL

● ORYZANOL

This ingredient is not currently on EWG's Skin Deep Restricted or Unacceptable Lists.

Oryzanol is an ester of ferulic acid and a terpene alcohol.

Common concerns

See how this product scores for common concerns.

LOW

Cancer
LOW

Allergies & Immunotoxicity
LOW

Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity
LOW

Use Restrictions

Ingredient concerns

CONCERNS
DATA SOURCES

Products with this Ingredient

eye liner	19 products
recreational sunscreen	16 products
lip liner	15 products
lipstick	10 products
concealer	9 products
eye shadow	6 products
baby sunscreen	4 products
conditioner	4 products
blush	3 products
daily use with SPF	3 products
brow liner	3 products
facial moisturizer/treatment	2 products
mask	2 products
serums & essences	2 products
BB cream	2 products
moisturizer	2 products
bronzer/highlighter	2 products
hair spray	1 products
exfoliant/scrub	1 products
facial cleanser	1 products
anti-aging	1 products

Ecotoxicology

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Suspected to be an environmental toxin and be persistent or bioaccumulative (uncertainty in environmental toxicity or persistence/bioaccumulation)	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List
Uncertain environmental toxin and uncertain persistent or bioaccumulative	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Data gaps

CONCERN	REFERENCE
2366 studies in PubMed science library may include information on the toxicity of this chemical	NLM PubMed

Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive)

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Classified as not expected to be potentially toxic or harmful	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

Persistence and bioaccumulation

CONCERN	REFERENCE
Not suspected to be bioaccumulative	Environment Canada Domestic Substance List

EC (Environment Canada). 2008. Domestic Substances List Categorization. Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) Environmental Registry.
NLM (National Library of Medicine). 2012. PubMed online scientific bibliography data. http://www.pubmed.gov.

Understanding scores

Cosmetics and personal care products are not required to be tested for safety before being allowed on the market. The Skin Deep® scoring system was designed to help the public understand whether a product is safe to use or whether it contains ingredients of concern.

Every product and ingredient in Skin Deep gets a two-part score – one for hazard and one for data availability. The safest products score well by both measures, with a low hazard rating and a fair or better data availability rating.

HOW WE DETERMINE SCORES

Hazard score

The Skin Deep ingredient hazard score, from 1 to 10, reflects known and suspected hazards linked to the ingredients. The EWG VERIFIED^® mark means a product meets EWG’s strictest criteria for transparency and health.

Data availability

The Skin Deep data availability rating reflects the number of scientific studies about the product or ingredient in the published scientific literature.

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