How much products actually contain
No product states its amount yet.
Of the products containing it, 7,237 list it before the 1% line and 2,923 after it (usually 1% or less).
Products using this ingredient
12 of 10,011 confirmed · likeliest to carry enough first · See all 10,011
THOMEExosome Boost Ampoule 50g
THOMENiacinamide Boost Ampoule 50g
NUDESTIXNUDESTIX Tight + Bright Face Mask
AnuaRice 70 Glow Milky Toner 250ml
AnuaPDRN 100 Hyaluronic Acid Booster Toner 250ml
ROUND LABPine Calming Cica Ampoule 30ml
ROUND LAB1025 Dokdo Toner 200ml
ROUND LAB1025 Dokdo Toner 500ml
ROUND LABBirch Moisturizing Ampoule 50ml
ROUND LABFor Men Birch Moisturizing Toner 200ml
numbuzinNo.5 Glutathione C Dark Spot Ampoule 30ml
numbuzinNo.1 Pantothenic B5 Active Soothing Serum 50ml
Cosmetic roles
Draws in and holds moistureHUMECTANTListed as a fragrance-composition material (not a claim that it adds scent)FRAGRANCEAdjusts thicknessVISCOSITY CONTROLLINGKeeps skin in good condition (CosIng catch-all)SKIN CONDITIONINGBase that dissolves other ingredientsSOLVENT
Safety & regulatory references
Reviewed by CIR: Annual Review of Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Assessments - 2004/2005
Reviewed by CIR: Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Butylene Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Ethoxydiglycol, and Dipropylene Glycol
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Official labels & definitions
JCIA labelling name ＢＧ: 本品は、次の化学式で表される二価アルコールである。
Source: JCIA labelling names (Japan)
Names & identifiers
BUTYLENE GLYCOLINCI부틸렌글라이콜Korean label name (MFDS standard)ＢＧJapanese labelling name
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 107-88-0
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 107-88-0 (i), 6290-03-5 (ii)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 6290-03-5
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-529-7
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 203-529-7 (i), 228-532-0 (ii)
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 228-532-0
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Liquid · Very hygroscopic liquid, Pure form is colorless, [Merck Index]
- Odour
- Practically odorless · Odorless when pure
- Boiling point
- 207.5 °C · 207.50 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
- Melting point
- < -50 °C
- Solubility
- Miscible with water · Practically insoluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons, benzene, toluene, carbon tetrachloride, ethanolamines, mineral and linseed oil, soluble in acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, ethanol, dibutyl phthalate, castor oil
- Density
- 1.0053 g/cu cm at 20 °C · Relative density (water = 1): 1.00
- Viscosity
- 96 cSt at 25 °C
- Dissociation constant
- pKa = 15.1 at 25 °C
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
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- Formulation of Ascorbic Acid and Betaine-based Therapeutic Deep Eutectic System for Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Ascorbic Acid · 2024
- Effects of 1,3‐propanediol associated, or not, with butylene glycol and/or glycerol on skin hydration and skin barrier function · 2023
Linked databases 16
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI 2
- China inventory of existing ingredients (IECIC)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- JCIA labelling names (Japan)
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic ingredient register 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook 2
- OpenAlex
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4
- UniChem cross-reference IDs 2
- US Cosmetic Ingredient Review (CIR) 2 3
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database 2
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- Wikidata 2