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HUMECTANT

Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

2189 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the HUMECTANT function designation.

Ingredients with the HUMECTANT function

Glycine Soja Seed Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from the seeds of Soybean, Glycine soja, Leguminosae

Ethane-1,2-diol, Ethylene glycol

CAS 107-21-1

Gracilaria Conferta Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground alga, Gracilaria conferta, Gracilariaceae.

Gymnema Sylvestre Stem Extract is the extract of the stems of the Australian Cow Plant, Gymnema sylvestre, Asclepiadaceae

CAS 90045-47-9

Heptapeptide-45 is a synthetic peptide consisting of alanine, aspartic acid, cysteine, histidine, serine, and valine.

Heptylglycerin is the organic compound that conforms to the formula:

CAS 10305-39-2

Hexapeptide-10 is a synthetic peptide containing Alanine, Isoleucine, Lysine, Serine and Valine residues

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-carboxymethyl-.omega.-hexyloxy- (3 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 117591-36-3

1-O-Hexylglycerol,1,2-Propanediol, 3-(hexyloxy)-

CAS 10305-38-1

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the HUMECTANT function is used in CosIng

The HUMECTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 2189 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Retaining and/or preserving the moisture in a product during use.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.