MANDELIC ACID
- Function
- antimicrobial
- CAS
- 90-64-2
- Comedogenic
- 0–0DERIVED FROM FUNCTION, not measured: every function CosIng records for this ingredient (antimicrobial) is one whose Fulton 1989 tested members all scored below 2, and the name carries no fatty-acyl, ester, ethoxylate or wax signature. This ingredient itself was not tested, and no member of its chemical family was identified either; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
- Appears in
- 32 products in our catalogue
Classified as
- aha
- mandelic acid
Definition
Benzeneacetic acid, .alpha.-hydroxy-
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.