TOCOPHEROL
TOCOPHEROL is a cosmetic ingredient name. ANTIOXIDANT | FRAGRANCE | SKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS | SKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE. CAS 54-28-4 (gamma)/ 16698-35-4(beta) / 10191-41-0(DL) / 119-13-1 / 1406-18-4 / 1406-66-2 / 2074-53-5 (DL) / 59-02-9 (D)/7616-22-0.
What it is
Tocopherol is the English name used for TOCOPHEROL in the INCI nomenclature. The technical description states that the record consists of alpha-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol and/or gamma-tocopherol. The listed chemical name includes 3,4-Dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-benzopyran-6-ol, alpha-tocopherol and Vitamin E. The record also brings together several CAS and EC numbers for its listed forms rather than presenting one identifier.
What it does in a formula
TOCOPHEROL is classified as ANTIOXIDANT, FRAGRANCE, SKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS and SKIN CONDITIONING - OCCLUSIVE. The record combines an antioxidant classification and a relation to fragrance with two conditioning categories, one identified as occlusive. These functions describe roles recorded for tocopherol in a cosmetic composition. They do not state the proportion of each tocopherol form or establish the effect of a finished product.
Conditions and care
The record provides no cosmetic restriction, maximum concentration, condition of use or additional regulation for TOCOPHEROL. The presence of several CAS and EC numbers identifies listed forms, but is not accompanied by individual limits in this entry. The absence of these fields is not a safety assessment. It only defines what is documented in this record and does not establish conditions of use beyond the available information.
Chemical description
Tocopherol consists of alpha-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol and/or gamma-tocopherol and conforms to the formulae:
Products containing this ingredient
The list follows the composition declared by the source record and preserves the name found there.
