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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

Hippophae Rhamnoides Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground leaves of Hippophae rhamnoides, Elaeagnaceae.

CAS 90106-68-6

Hippophae Rhamnoides Peel Extract is the extract of the peel of Hippophae rhamnoides. The accepted scientific name for Hippophae rhamnoides…

HONEY WATER

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Honey Water is an aqueous solution of the steam distillate obtained from Honey.

Hordeum Vulgare Leaf Powder is the powder obtained from the leaves of the Barley, Hordeum vulgare L., Graminae

CAS 85251-64-5

Human Fibroblast Conditioned Media is the growth media removed from cultures of human fibroblasts after several days of growth. The startin…

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Human Stem Cell Conditioned Media is the growth media removed from cultures of human stem cells after several days of growth. The starting …

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Hydrogenated Starch Extract is the extract of the product obtained by the controlled hydrogenation of starch.

CAS 32860-62-1

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.