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Drug ingredient

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

Molecular structure of 3844-45-9
US ProductionCBI
Import Value$56M
Top SourceIndia 70%

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 320412 · basket

These shares come from HS customs code 320412, which covers 19 chemicals in total. They estimate the bucket's origin mix, not this chemical specifically.

Source Countries
IN 70%IndiaMY 7%MalaysiaCH 4%SwitzerlandCN 4%ChinaDE 3%Germany
EPA-registered manufacturers (2)
Dystar
Sensient Technologies
EPA-registered importers (3)
Organic Dyes And Pigments
Sc Johnson & Son
Target
1 FDA-registered drug labeler
ANUBIS COSMETICS SL

Why It Matters

Sectors
HealthFoodConsumer ProductsTextilesAgriculture
Downstream Uses

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

  • •Anubis Barcelona New Even
  • •Anubis Barcelona
  • •Anubis Barcelona Total Hydrating
FDA Shortage Status
No FDA shortage records

Industrial Uses

Used in 6 sectors as 2 functional roles.

  • •Dyes in Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dye in Textiles, apparel, and leather manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dye in Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dye in Wholesale and Retail Trade (100%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dye in Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (51%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product
  • •Dye in Food, beverage, and tobacco product manufacturing (49%)Processing—incorporation into formulation, mixture, or reaction product

Vendor Pricing

$0.14/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$70.00 / 500 g
Purity95%
Vendors14 available

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

13 more vendors
VendorCountry$/gPackPurity
Apollo Scientific UKUnited Kingdom$0.1510 kg85%
Angene ChemicalChina → Hong Kong$0.15500 g85%
A2B Chem LLCUnited States$0.16500 g—
AA BLOCKSUnited States$0.21500 g98%
Ambeed, Inc.United States$1.0825 g85%
AK Scientific, Inc.United States$1.53100 g95%
AK Scientific SpecializedUnited States$1.53100 g95%
Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock)Germany$5.9525 g—
Sigma-AldrichGermany$5.9525 g—
Angene International LimitedUnited States$6.7625 g95%
MedKoo Biosciences, IncUnited States$18.0025 g98%
AngeneChina → Hong Kong$4266.6730 mg98%
MolnovaChina$9800.005 mg99%

Chemical Identity

CAS3844-45-9
PubChem CID19700
DTXSIDDTXSID2020189
FormulaC37H34N2Na2O9S3
Mol. Weight792.9 g/mol
SMILESCCN(CC1=CC(=CC=C1)S(=O)(=O)[O-])C2=CC=C(C=C2)C(=C3C=CC(=[N+](CC)CC4=CC(=CC=C4)S(=O)(=O)[O-])C=C3)C5=CC=CC=C5S(=O)(=O)[O-].[Na+].[Na+]

Data Sources

DTXSID20201892026-04-06

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

Archive: data/sources/comptox/dsstox_identifiers.csv

197002026-04-06

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/19700/property/MolecularFormula,MolecularWeight,CanonicalSMILES,InChIKey/JSON

Archive: data/sources/pubchem_properties/19700.json

3844-45-92026-04-24

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

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

CAS 3844-45-92026-04-07

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

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

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