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REDUCING

Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

76 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the REDUCING function designation.

Ingredients with the REDUCING function

sr-(Methionyl s-Mussel Polypeptide-1) is a single chain recombinant peptide, produced by fermentation in E. coli. The starting gene is synt…

6H-Dibenzo[a,g]quinolizine, 5,8,13,13a-tetrahydro-2,3,9,10-tetramethoxy-, hydrochloride (1:1)

CAS 6024-85-7

Volcanic Rock is the various minerals obtained from the basins of volcanoes

Zinc Linolenate Hydroxide is the product obtained by the reaction of Linolenic Acid and zinc chloride, neutralized with sodium hydroxide

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

How the REDUCING function is used in CosIng

The REDUCING function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 76 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).

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.