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. 2021 Mar 29;7(4):512–533. doi: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00120

Table 8. Constituents of the Lipid Nanoparticle Vehicles of Approved mRNA Vaccines.

lipid name abbreviation or lab code CAS Registry Number
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine12,94,95
((4-hydroxybutyl) azanediyl) bis(hexane-6,1-diyl) bis(2-hexyldecanoate) ALC-0315 2036272-55-4
2-[(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide ALC-0159 1849616-42-7
1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine DSPC 816-94-4
cholesterol   57-88-5
Moderna vaccine11,95,96
heptadecan-9-yl 8-((2-hydroxyethyl)(6-oxo-6-(undecyloxy)hexyl)amino)octanoate SM-102 2089251-47-6
1,2-dimyristoyl-rac-glycero-3-methoxypolyethylene glycol 2000 PEG2000-DMG 1397695-86-1
1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine DSPC 816-94-4
cholesterol   57-88-5