retinol
Drug ingredientThis chemical is an active pharmaceutical ingredient used in FDA-regulated drugs.
Where It Comes From
8 FDA-registered drug labelers
AIKM Product Corp
Beijing JUNGE Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Junhui Biotechnology Co., LTD
Guangzhou Meijiao Medical Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou Yanxi Biotechnology Co., Ltd
Guangzhou Yapeng Refinement Chemical Co., Ltd.
Guna spa
HYDRASPHERE PLUS LLC
Why It Matters
Sectors
Health
Downstream Uses
Appears in 14 drug and cosmetic product listings (FDA).
- •Massage cream
- •AOAO Retinol Anti-aging Box Set
- •turmeric kojic acid product
- •Body essential oil
- •bodylotion
- •Body oil
- •Hydrasphere PLUS
- •Body cream
Show all 14
- •ANTI-Aging EYE MASK
- •Noavia Retinol Moisturizer
- •Instant Anti Aging Wrinkle Eye Treatment Syringe
- •Menssoap
- •Massage essential oil
- •ANTI AGE SKIN
FDA Shortage Status
Whether any manufacturer currently reports this drug as in shortage on the FDA Drug Shortages database. "Active Shortage" means at least one presentation has status "current."
No FDA shortage records
Vendor Pricing
$2.55/gAaron Chemicals LLC
CountryHong Kong
Pack$1276.00 / 500 g
PurityNo data available
Vendors21 available
Prices reflect listed pack sizes. Small research packs run far above bulk rates.
20 more vendors
| Vendor | Country Supplier country. Where available, shows shipping origin. When the supplier ships from a different country than where they are registered, both are shown. Most suppliers show registration country only. | $/g | Pack | Purity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angene Chemical | China → Hong Kong | $2.73 | 500 g | — |
| Molnova | China | $210.00 | 500 mg | 99% |
| A2B Chem LLC | United States | $210.60 | 5 g | 95% |
| A2B Chem LLC (1 week) | United States | $212.40 | 5 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS (1 week) | United States | $225.00 | 5 g | 98% |
| AA BLOCKS | United States | $276.40 | 5 g | 95% |
| Apollo Scientific UK | United Kingdom | $324.50 | 2 g | 95% |
| Fluorochem UK | United Kingdom | $430.43 | 1 g | 95% |
| Cayman Europe | Estonia | $440.30 | 500 mg | 95% |
| Labotest KG | Germany | $453.00 | 1000 mg | 90% |
| AstaTech (2 weeks) | United States | $559.00 | 1 g | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich (Rush Stock) | Germany | $583.75 | 1 g | 95% |
| Sigma-Aldrich | Germany | $583.75 | 1 g | 95% |
| TargetMol Chemicals | China → United States | $636.00 | 500 mg | 99.71% |
| MedKoo Biosciences, Inc | United States | $1600.00 | 500 mg | 98% |
| ChemNorm | China | $2200.00 | 20 mg | 98% |
| Angene International Limited | United States | $2440.00 | 100 mg | 95% |
| Angene | China → Hong Kong | $2500.00 | 30 mg | 95% |
| MedChemExpress MCE | Sweden | $2662.00 | 100 mg | 99.84% |
| TimTec, LLC (back-ordered) | United States | $33333.33 | 15 mg | 94% |
Chemical Identity
CAS68-26-8
PubChem CID445354
DTXSIDDTXSID3023556
FormulaC20H30O
Mol. Weight286.5 g/mol
SMILESCC1=C(C(CCC1)(C)C)C=CC(=CC=CC(=CCO)C)C
Data Sources
4453542026-04-07
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/retinol/cids/JSON
Archive: data/sources/pubchem_name/retinol.json
CAS 68-26-82026-04-24
https://www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory
Archive: data/sources/tsca/tsca_inventory.csv
bulk match2026-04-07
https://open.fda.gov/data/ndc/
Archive: data/sources/fda/ndc/ndc.json