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� Preservative – defined as “Inhibits primarily the development of
micro-organisms in cosmetics. All preservatives listed are substances
on the positive list of preservatives (Annex VI of the Cosmetics
Directive)”, and
� Antimicrobial – defined as “Helps control the growth of microorganisms
on the skin”.
Some ingredients like e.g. Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract and
Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil are ingredients based on the same CAS
number. However, according to the CosIng database, Rosmarinus Officinalis
Leaf Extract has an antimicrobial effect, but Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil
does not, even though they are based on the same CAS number. Therefore
the function of Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Oil has been marked with
“antimicrobial?” in the database as the same CAS number has an
antimicrobial effect.
All in all 12 of the 89 products contain preservatives, i.e. ingredients that are
marked with the function “preservative” according to the CosIng database,
and 15 products contain ingredients that are marked with the function
“antimicrobial” according to the CosIng database.
Table 5-9 and Table 5-10 show the ingredients in the cosmetic products that
are listed with a function of either “preservative” or “antimicrobial” according
to the CosIng database (of January 2010). The first table shows the
ingredients with preserving effects for cosmetic products marketed as “nonpreserved”
and the second table for the products marketed as “naturallypreserved”.
Table 5-9 Ingredients listed with the function “preservative” or “antimicrobial” according to the CosIng
database. The ingredients are only present in cosmetic products marketed as “non-preserved”
INCI Name CAS No
Number of
Function
products
Restriction
BENZYL ALCOHOL 100-51-6 1 perfuming / preservative / solvent / viscosity
controlling
III/1,45 -
VI/1,34
CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE 112-02-7 1 antimicrobial / antistatic / emulsifying /
preservative / surfactant
antifoaming / antimicrobial / astringent /
VI/1,44
ALCOHOL 64-17-5 15 masking / solvent viscosity controlling
ALCOHOL DENAT. 64-17-5 1
antifoaming / antimicrobial / astringent /
masking / solvent / viscosity controlling
BENZYL BENZOATE 120-51-4 1 antimicrobial / perfuming / solvent III/1,85
CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA
EXTRACT 84082-60-0 2 emollient / antimicrobial?
CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA
FLOWER EXTRACT 84082-60-0 2 masking / skin conditioning /antimicrobial ?
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM
antimicrobial / astringent / masking / skin
EXTRACT 84082-80-4 2 conditioning / skin protection / soothing / tonic
ORYZA SATIVA POWDER 68553-81-7 1 bulking /antimicrobial ?
SALVIA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT 84082-79-1 1
tonic / cleansing / antidandruff / antioxidant /
antiperspirant / deodorant / skin protecting /
astringent / antimicrobial / skin conditioning /
soothing
SALVIA OFFICINALIS LEAF
antidandruff / cleansing / oral care / skin
EXTRACT 84082-79-1 1 conditioning / tonic / antimicrobial ?
ZINC SULFATE 7733-02-0 1 antimicrobial / oral care / antiplaque / anticaking III/1,24
Table 5-9 shows that even though the cosmetic products are marketed as
”non-preserved” they contain ingredients with a preserving effect. One