BIOSACCHARIDE GUM-4

Function
skin conditioning
CAS
905593-86-4
Comedogenic
0–1DERIVED, not measured: no member of the saccharide family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Sorbitol 0, Glucose glutamate 0, Sucrose stearate 0, Sucrose distearate 0, Carboxymethylcellulose 0, Hydroxypropylcellulose 1 -- every sugar and polysaccharide in Table I is 0 or 1. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
Appears in
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Classified as

  • malassezia fatty alcohol

Definition

Biosaccharide Gum-4 is a fermentation gum derived from sorbitol. It is a deacetylated branched polymer consisting of L-fucose, 2-D-glucose and glucuronic acid repetitive units

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.