ZEA MAYS STARCH
- Function
- abrasive, absorbent, anticaking, skin protecting, viscosity controlling
- CAS
- 9005-25-8
- 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
- 54 products in our catalogue
Definition
Zea Mays Starch is a high-polymeric carbohydrate material usually derived from the peeled seeds of the Corn, Zea mays L., Gramineae
Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.