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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

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-methyl-.omega.-hydroxy- (4 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 9004-74-4

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (40 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (45 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (45,000 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (55 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

PEG-6

77118

.Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (6 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

PEG-6 Dimethicone is the polyethylene glycol derivative of Dimethicone containing an average of 6 moles of ethylene oxide; Poly(oxydimethyl…

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (60 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

PEG-7

77226

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (7 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Silicones and siloxanes, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, 3-bis(2-carboxyethyl)aminopropyl ether

CAS 133779-14-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (75 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

PEG-8

77303

.Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (8 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 5117-19-1 / 25322-68-3 (generic)

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(1-oxooctadecyl)-.omega.-hydroxy- (8 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 9004-99-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (80 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (800 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

PEG-9

77485

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (9 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy-, (90 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 25322-68-3

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-hydro-.omega.-hydroxy- (90 mol EO average molar ratio), copolymer with poly-2-oxepanone

III/186

PEG/PPG-6/4 Dimethicone is the alkoxylated derivative of Dimethicone containing an average of 6 moles of ethylene oxide and 4 moles of prop…

PEG/PPG-60/11 Glycerin is the polyoxypropylene, polyoxyethylene ether of glycerin where x has an average value of 60 and y has an average.

2,2-bis(Hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol tetramethylolmethane

CAS 115-77-5

Synthetic peptide containing arginine, glycine, isoleucine, serine and tyrosine residues

Pentapeptide-61 is the synthetic peptide consisting of alanine, leucine, lysine and phenylalanine.

Pentapeptide-62 is the synthetic peptide consisting of alanine, leucine, lysine and phenylalanine.

PENTAPEPTIDE-80

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Pentapeptide-80 is the synthetic peptide consisting of asparagine, lysine, proline and threonine.

Perilla Ocymoides Leaf Water is the aqueous solution of the steam distillates obtained from the leaves of Perilla ocymoide, Lamiaceae.

Petasites Japonicus Juice is the liquid expressed from the whole plant, Petasites japonicus, Asteraceae.

PG-Palmoylpalmamide is the substituted amide formed by the reaction of a palm oil ketone dimer and 3-amino-1,2-propanediol

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.