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Benzethonium Chloride
Antimicrobial
deodorant
preservative
surfactant
Permitted preservative
- CAS
- 121-54-0 Opens the substance record on PubChem
- EC
- 204-479-9
- Status
- Permitted preservative · Annex V, entry 53
- Maximum
- 0.1%
- In brief
- Benzethonium chloride is a synthetic quaternary ammonium compound. In cosmetics it is used as a preservative to help control microbial growth in the product, and can also act as a deodorant ingredient and a surfactant that helps cleanse or mix formulations.
- Appears in
- 0 catalogue products
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