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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

Placenta, ext. Extractives and their physically modified derivatives such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, inorganic ions…

CAS 84195-59-5

PNA-1 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrimidone, Cyt…

PNA-10 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 20 nucleobases consisting of Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrimidone, Am…

PNA-11 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 15 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-12 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-13 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-14 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 15 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-15 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 15 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-16 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-17 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 15 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-18 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 16 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-19 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 17 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-20 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-27 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrim…

PNA-7 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 13 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminohexyl Guanine, Aminoethoxy…

PNA-8 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 17 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrimi…

PNA-9 Carboxyethyl Fluorene is the modified polymer of PNA containing 14 nucleobases consisting of Adenine, Aminoethoxymethyl Pyrrolopyrimi…

Poly(Tripeptide-6) is a polypeptide composed of Tripeptide-6; Glycine, synthetic tripeptide with hydroxyproline and proline, polymerised

Random polymer of D-glucose condensation

CAS 68424-04-4

Polyglycerin-10 os a glycerin polymer containing 10 glycerin units; Decaglycerol

CAS 9041-07-0

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.