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Antioxidant

HYDROQUINONE SAFFLOWERATES

Updated
18

Safety score · 0–100

Avoid

Derived from EU CosIng regulatory status, PubChem hazard data and published research. How we score.

About

A hydroquinone fatty-acid ester. Hydroquinone is largely banned in EU leave-on cosmetics; ester forms can hydrolyse back to free hydroquinone and inherit the same regulatory and safety concerns.

Function

ANTIOXIDANTSKIN CONDITIONING - MISCELLANEOUS

Skin benefits

  • Marketed antioxidant claims via hydroquinone moiety

Known concerns

  • Hydroquinone is restricted/banned in EU cosmetics outside narrow nail/professional uses
  • Potential hydrolysis to free hydroquinone in formula or on skin
  • Carcinogenicity concerns for free hydroquinone (IARC 3, but restricted)
  • Skin depigmentation off-target effects

References

EU

EU CosIng database

European Commission cosmetic ingredient registry — regulatory status, restrictions, authorised functions.

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