Description: 3-AMINOPROPANE SULFONIC ACID — SURFACTANT – CLEANSING, SURFACTANT – HYDROTROPE.
All Functions: SURFACTANT – CLEANSING, SURFACTANT – HYDROTROPE
Quick Facts:
- Category: surfactant
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🧪 3-AMINOPROPANE SULFONIC ACID
3-AMINOPROPANE SULFONIC ACID
CAS Number: 3687-18-1
Also Known As: —
Category: surfactant
EC Number: 222-977-4
Korean Name: 3-아미노프로판설포닉애씨드
3-aminopropane-1-sulphonic acid
3-AMINOPROPANE SULFONIC ACID is a surfactant ingredient used in skincare formulations.
🌍 Regulatory Status
📊 Comedogenicity
📚 Research & Evidence
🔬 The Science
💧 Skin Type Compatibility
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🧴 Products Containing 3-AMINOPROPANE SULFONIC ACID
📄 Related Research
Matched by search — not necessarily verified support for every statement above.
- 宮沢 啓輔 et al. (1970). Occurrence of d-2-Hydroxy-3-aminopropane Sulfonic Acid and 3-Aminopropane Sulfonic Acid in a Red Alga, Grateloupia livida. NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI.
- Sumiko Ueoka et al. (1972). Crystal and Molecular Structure of ω-Amino Acids, ω-Amino Sulfonic Acids and Their Derivatives. II. The Crystal and Molecular Structure of α-Form of 3-Aminopropane Sulfonic Acid, Homotaurine. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.
- Ken‐ichi Tomita (1971). Crystal data and some structural features of γ-aminobutyric acid, 3-aminopropane sulfonic acid and their derivatives. Tetrahedron Letters.
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