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Potassium Cocoate potassium-cocoatePrimary Active Ingredient / Potassium Cocoate is a natural, biodegradable soap base and surfactant made from coconut oil, used in liquid soaps, shampoos, body washes, and cleaners for its excellent foaming and cleansing properties, retaining natural glycerin for moisturizing, though concentrated forms can irritate eyes and skin. / Generic name for Castile Soap.
Hexylresorcinol hexylresorcinolPrimary Active Ingredients / 4-Hexylresorcinol is an organic compound with local anesthetic, antiseptic, and anthelmintic properties
3-[N-Butyl-N-acetyl]-Aminopropionic Acid Ethyl Ester 3-n-butyl-n-acetyl-aminopropionic-acid-ethyl-esterPrimary Active Ingredient / Bug Repellents / Ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate is an insect repellent whose trade name is IR3535 and was developed and commercialized by Merck KGaA (Germany). It is a colorless and odorless oil and it is biodegradable.. / IR3535 (3-[N-butyl-N-acetyl]-amino-propionic acid, ethyl ester), a synthetic version of beta-alanine, is available in the US in concentrations of 7.5% and 20%. It repels ticks, chiggers, and a variety of insects, including mosquitoes, sand flies, and biting midges.
Propanediol propanediolPrimary Ingredient value / 1,3-Propanediol is the organic compound. This 3-carbon diol is a colorless viscous liquid that is miscible with water.
Oregano Oil oregano-oil
Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose hydroxypropyl-methylcellulosePrimary Active Ingredient value / Hypromellose (INN), short for hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), is a semisynthetic, inert, viscoelastic polymer used in eye drops, as well as an excipient and controlled-delivery component in oral medicaments, found in a variety of commercial products. As a food additive, hypromellose is an emulsifier, thickening and suspending agent, and an alternative to animal gelatin.
Zinc Citrate zinc-citratePrimary ingredient value / Zinc citrate is an ingredient found in a variety of supplements and vitamins. Zinc citrate is a zinc salt of citric acid. It is available as dietary supplements as a treatment of zinc deficiency and source of zinc, which is an essential trace element.
Phytosphingosine phytosphingosine
Nicotine Polacrilex nicotine-polacrilexPrimary Active Ingredient value / Nicotine polacrilex is nicotine bound to an ion-exchange resin (polymethacrylic acid, such as Amberlite IRP64, Purolite C115HMR or Doshion P551). It is added to gum and hard lozenges used for nicotine replacement therapy in smoking cessation, such as in the Nicorette range of products.
2-Undecanone 2-undecanonePrimary Active Ingredient value / Pest Repellents // 2-Undecanone, also known as methyl nonyl ketone and IBI-246, is an organic compound. It is a colorless oil. 2-Undecanone is usually produced synthetically, but it can also be extracted from various plant sources, including from essential oil of rue. It is found naturally in bananas, cloves, ginger, guava, strawberries, wild-grown tomatoes, and the perennial leaf vegetable Houttuynia cordata.