Glyceryl monostearate

Drug ingredient

This drug ingredient has classified U.S. production volumes. EPA withholds the number as confidential business information.

Molecular structure of 31566-31-1
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$114M
Top SourceIndonesia 27%

The EPA did not publish how much of this chemical companies made or imported, or marked that amount confidential. Without that volume, ACID cannot calculate import dependency.

Where It Comes From

Customs basis: HS 291570 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 291570, which covers 50 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
ID 27%IndonesiaMY 25%MalaysiaSG 12%SingaporeIN 10%IndiaIT 6%Italy
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Pmc Biogenix
Struktol Company Of America
EPA-registered importers (9)
Braskem S/A · BR Brazil
Faci Spa · IT Italy
Kao · JP Japan
Oxiteno Mxico S A De C V · MX Mexico
Braskem America
Show all 9
Croda
Faci Usa Industrial
Kao America
Oxiteno Usa
2 FDA-registered drug labelers
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL
Fagron Inc

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthPlastics & RubberPaints & CoatingsCore Chemicals
Downstream Uses

Appears in 3 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).

  • •Anubismed
  • •Anubis Barcelona
  • •Anubis Barcelona Spa Line
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 7 sectors as 8 functional roles.

  • •Antioxidant in Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Paint additives and coating additives not described by other categories in Paint and Coating Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dispersing agent in Plastics Product Manufacturing (1%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surface modifier in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Plasticizer in Rubber Product Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Emulsifier in All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingProcessing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Surface active agents in Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (15%)Processing—incorporation into article
  • •Lubricants and lubricant additives in All Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (85%)Processing—incorporation into article

Vendor Pricing

$0.01/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$5.00 / 500 g
Purity98%
Vendors24 available

Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.

23 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.01500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech GmbHGermany$0.031 kg98%
BLD Pharmatech Ltd.China$0.031 kg98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$0.031 kg98%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.04500 g98%
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.05500 g98%
BLD Pharmatech Co., LimitedUnited States$0.05500 g98%
ChemsceneUnited States$0.05500 g—
Fluorochem EUGermany$0.07500 g97%
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.121 kg98%
Combi-Blocks, Inc.United States$0.251 kg95%
MedChemExpress MCESweden$0.31100 g98%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.44100 g98%
AstaTech (2 weeks)United States$3.0825 g95%
Labotest KGGermany$453.001000 mg90%
TargetMol ChemicalsChina → United States$586.00500 mg—
Cayman EuropeEstonia$694.96500 mg98%
A2B Chem LLC (1 week)United States$840.00100 mg—
AA BLOCKS (1 week)United States$850.00100 mg—
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$1196.801 g99%
Sigma-AldrichGermany$1196.801 g99%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
Angene International LimitedUnited States$9240.0025 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS31566-31-1
PubChem CID24699
DTXSIDDTXSID7027968
FormulaC21H42O4
Mol. Weight358.6 g/mol
SMILESCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC(CO)O

Data Sources

DTXSID70279682026-04-06

https://doi.org/10.23645/epacomptox.5588566

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

246992026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/24699/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/24699.json

31566-31-12026-04-24

https://www.epa.gov/chemical-data-reporting

Archive: data/sources/epa_cdr/2020_cdr.csv

CAS 31566-31-12026-04-07

https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/

Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json

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