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Ingredients of cosmetic products are listed following
International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Incredients (INCI).
These INCI names often differ greatly from systematic
chemical nomenclature or from more common
trivial names.
The below tables are sorted as follows:
| INCI name |
chemical meaning - structure, name or
description
[1] |
purpose - role(s) in a cosmetic
formulation[2][3][4][5] |
|
Contents
-
1
A
-
2
B
-
3
H
-
4
I
-
5
P
-
6
S
-
7
T
-
8
Notes and references
|
A
| alcohol denat. |
denatured alcohol,
ethanol made unsuitable for drinking |
solvent, carrier, astringent |
| alkyl benzoate C12 - C15 |
benzoic acid ester, PhCOO(CH2)11-14CH3 |
? |
|
allantoin |
N-(2,5-dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl)urea |
stops bleeding of cuts from shaving |
| alpha-isomethyl ionone |
3-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-2-enyl)but-3-en-2-one |
? |
|
aluminium chlorohydrate |
basic aluminium chloride Al2(OH)5Cl
or Al2(OH)xCl6-x
(0<x<6) |
antitranspirant |
| aqua |
water |
solvent |
| ascorbyl palmitate |
[2-(4,5-dihydroxy-3-oxo-2-furyl)-2-hydroxy-ethyl]
hexadecanoate |
? |
B
|
butane |
butane C4H10 |
propellant (pressurized dispenser) |
| butyrospermum parkii |
shea butter, vegetable fat made from nuts of african
shea tree |
moisturizer |
H
| hydroxyethyl-cellulose |
Cellulose fibre from
wood pulp with –OCH2CH2OH
groups added |
gives body |
| hydroxypropyl-cellulose |
Cellulose fibre from wood pulp with –OCH2CH(OH)CH3
groups added |
gives body |
I
|
isobutane |
Isobutane (CH3)2CHCH3 |
propellant (pressurized dispenser) |
|
isopentane |
Isopentane (CH3)2CHCH2CH3 |
propellant (pressurized dispenser) |
P
|
propane |
Propane CH3CH2CH3 |
propellant (pressurized dispenser) |
S
|
sodium hydroxide |
Sodium hydroxide NaOH |
base |
T
|
triethanolamine |
N(CH2CH2OH)3 |
base, emulsifier |
Notes and references
- ^
several databases yield the chemical meaning, e.g.:
-
chemexper supplier portal / search engine accepting
INCI nomenclature
-
European INCI Search Engine
- ^ J.
Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren: Organic Chemistry,
ISBN: 0-1985-0346-6, 2001
- ^ Linda
D. Rhein, Martin M. Rieger: Surfactants in Cosmetics,
Revised and expanded,
ISBN 0-8247-9805-8, 1997
- ^
Natalia Michalun, Varinia Michalun: Milady's Skin Care
and Cosmetics Ingredients Dictionary,
ISBN 1-5625-3660-5, 2000
- ^ Ben
Selinger, Chemistry in the Marketplace,
ISBN 1-8650-8255-4, 1998
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