This entry shows data from the EU CosIng database. An editorial description has not been written and reviewed yet.
Functions
- Antiperspirant
- Reducing perspiration.
- Buffering
- Stabilising the pH of an aqueous medium in a narrow range even if an acid or base is added. Altering and/or maintaining a cosmetic product's pH at the desired level.
- Oral care
- Providing cosmetic effects to the oral cavity, e.g. cleansing, deodorising, protecting.
- Oxidising
- Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding oxygen (or removing hydrogen).
- Reducing
- Changing the chemical nature of another ingredient by adding hydrogen (or removing oxygen).
- Viscosity controlling
- Increasing or decreasing the viscosity (thickness) of cosmetics.
EU regulation
This ingredient is not listed in the annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 in the CosIng data.