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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

Stomach extract is an extract obtained from mammalian stomach

CAS 84540-15-8

Sweet Almond Amino Acids is a mixture of amino acids derived from the complete hydrolysis of Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Protein

Swertia Chirata Extract is the extract of the whole plant of the Indian Chiretta, Swertia chirata, Gentianaceae

CAS 97766-44-4

Swertia Japonica Powder is the powder obtained from dried, ground the Swertia, Swertia japonica, Gentianaceae

CAS 94167-11-0

Syzygium Luehmannii Fruit Powder is the powder obtained from the dried, ground fruit of Syzygium luehmannii, Myrtaceae.

CAS 1542151-08-5

TEA-Dextrin Octenysuccinate is the Triethanalomine Salt of the reaction product of octenylsuccinic anhydride with Dextrin (q.v.)

III/62

Tris(2-Hydroxyethyl)ammonium lactate

CAS 20475-12-1III/62

5-Oxo-DL-proline, compound with 2,2',2''-nitrilotriethanol (1:1)

CAS 55901-20-7III/62

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.