Butylphthalimide
Butylphthalimide appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in perfumes.
What it triggers
- Vegan originNot sureorigin not on file
- FragranceNonot a perfume ingredient
- ParabenNonot a preservative of this family
- SulfateNonot a sulfate surfactant
- SiliconeNonot a silicone
- AlcoholNonot a drying alcohol
What it does
Butylphthalimide appears on 2 ingredient lists in our database, most often in perfumes.
It does not belong to any of the six groups we check, so it never changes a verdict.
We have not written the plain-language note for this ingredient yet; the facts above come straight from how it is classified.
Functions: plasticiser, skin conditioning
Products with Butylphthalimide
in 2 products
Showing 2 of 2 products with this ingredient, most scanned first.
In the EU ingredient database
Functions listed by CosIng
- plasticiser
- skin conditioning
- plasticiser: Softening and making supple synthetic polumers that otherwise could not be easily deformed, spread or worked out.
- skin conditioning: Maintaining the skin in good condition.
CAS 1515-72-6 · EC 216-157-5
EU regulation
Not on a restricted-substances annex. Listed as an allowed cosmetic ingredient.
Source: CosIng, European Commission. Informative, no legal value; the regulation text is the reference.
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