- Korean limit
- 0.1%
Cosmetic roles
Stops microbes growing in the productPRESERVATIVE
Safety & regulatory references
- Restricted
- China · South Korea
- Allowed preservative
- United Kingdom
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information · ASEAN Cosmetic Directive · EU Cosmetics Regulation · Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients · UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
Argentina · Brazil
- Maximum concentration permitted at final product : 0.1%
ASEAN
- Maximum authorised concentration in the finished cosmetic product : 0.1%
Taiwan
- Maximum concentration : 0.1%
European Union
- Maximum concentration in ready for use preparation : 0.1%
Source: MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information
EU Cosmetics Regulation, Annex V (allowed preservatives), entry 15 · maximum concentration 0.1%
Restriction V/15
Source: EU CosIng ingredient list
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
DIBROMOHEXAMIDINE ISETHIONATEINCI다이브로모헥사미딘이세티오네이트Korean label name (MFDS standard)
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 93856-83-8
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 299-116-4
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID20150576
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID2073067
- IUPAC
- 2-Hydroxyethane-1-sulfonic acid--4,4'-[hexane-1,6-diylbis(oxy)]bis(3-bromobenzene-1-carboximidamide) (2/1)
- Molecular formula
- C24H36Br2N4O10S2
- Molecular weight
- 764.5 g/mol
What products actually use it for
What the 2 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Preservative2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Linked databases 11
- ASEAN Cosmetic Directive
- EU allowed preservatives (Annex V)
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- EU Cosmetics Regulation
- Korea Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary
- MFDS (Korea) cosmetic regulatory information 2 3
- Taiwan FDA cosmetic ingredients
- UK cosmetics regulations (OPSS)
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database