ETHYLPARABEN
- Function
- fragrance, preservative
- CAS
- 120-47-8
- Comedogenic
- 0–0DERIVED, not measured: no member of the paraben family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- Methyl paraben 0, Propylparaben 0, Phenoxyethyl paraben 0. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
- Appears in
- 36 products in our catalogue
Classified as
- paraben preservative
Definition
Ethylparaben is the ester of ethyl alcohol and p-hydroxybenzoic acid. It conforms to the formula:
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.