PHENOXYETHANOL
- Function
- antimicrobial, preservative
- CAS
- 122-99-6
- Comedogenic
- 0–0DERIVED FROM FUNCTION, not measured: every function CosIng records for this ingredient (antimicrobial, preservative) 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
- 1765 products in our catalogue
Definition
Phenoxyethanol is the aromatic ether alcohol that conforms to the formula:
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.