BENZOPHENONE-5

Function
light stabilizer, uv absorber, uv filter
CAS
6628-37-1
Comedogenic
0–1DERIVED, not measured: no member of the uv_filter family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Oxybenzone 0, Octyl methoxycinnamate 0, Octyl salicylate 0, Octyl dimethyl PABA 0, Titanium dioxide 0, Zinc oxide 1 -- every UV filter in Table I is 0 or 1. Corroborated outside Fulton by Mills OH Jr, Kligman AM, "Comedogenicity of sunscreens", Arch Dermatol 118(6):417-419 (1982). This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
Appears in
2 products in our catalogue

Definition

Benzophenone-5 is the sodium salt of Benzophenone-4 and conforms to the formula:

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.