Research on common UV filters

Research on common UV filters

 

 

Organic (chemical) UV Filters 


Benzophenones

 

Benzopheneone- 3 (BP3) (Oxybenzone)

UVA, UVB

😵 potential endocrine disruptor 

💀 toxic to marine life

 

https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/
https://www.thelancet.com/journals
https://link.springer.com/article
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
https://www.icriforum.org/
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

Benzophenone-4 (BP4)

Water-soluble sun filter that is mainly used as an UV-A filter

💀 toxic to marine life

😵 potential endocrine disruptor 

💢 bioaccumulating

 

https://www.mdpi.com
https://link.springer.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

 

 Salicylates 

 

Homosalate (Parsol)

UVB/UVA2

low UVB absorber with SPF-enhancing properties

💢 bioaccumulating 

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com
http://www.scientificarray
https://onlinelibrary
https://www.sciencedirect

2-ethylhexyl salicylate (EHS) (Octisalate)

UVB/UVA2

💢 bioaccumulating 

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

https://pubs.rsc.org/en
https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

 

 p-Aminobenzoic acid

 

Ethylhexyl dimethyl PABA (OD-PABA)

UVB

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley
https://www.sciencedirect

 

4-p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA)

UVB

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

 

https://www.sciencedirect
https://onlinelibrary
https://academic.oup
https://onlinelibrary.wile
https://link.springer.com

 

 

 Benzimidazole                                                                                    

 

2-Phenylbenzimidazole-5- sulfonic acid (PBSA)

UVB

😵  potential endocrine disruptor

💥  phototoxicity 

👾  DNA damage

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://chemistry-europe.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

Disodium phenyl dibenzimidazole tetrasulfonate (bisdisulizole disodium)

UVA

https://www.medicaljournals
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file
https://link.springer.com

 

 

 Triazines

 

Ethylhexyl Triazone (EHT)

UVB

https://link.springer.com
https://www.karger.com

 

Diethylhexyl butamido triazone (Iscotrizinol)

UVB/ UVA2

https://incidecoder.com

 

Bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine 

(Tinosorb S) (Bemotrizinol)

 

UVA/UVB

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs
https://www.ingentaconnect.com
https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11594052/

 

 

 Benzotriazoles

Drometrizole trisiloxane (DRT) (Mexoryl XL) 

UVA/UVB

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
https://journals.sagepub.com

 

 

 Dibenzoylmethane

 

4-tert-Butyl-4’-methoxydibenzoylmethane (BM-DBM) (Avobenzone)

UVA1

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
https://jamanetwork.com

 

2-Ethylhexyl 2-cyano-3,3-diphenylprop-2-enoate (Octocrylene)

UVA2/ UVB


💀 toxic to marine life

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science

 

 

 Camphor                                                                                                                      

 

Terephtalydene dicamphor sulfonic acid (PDSA) (Ecamsule)

UVA1/ UVA2

 

 

https://www.academia.edu/download

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan

Litvinov/publication/334649544_Systemic_

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science

 

3-benzylidene camphor (3BC) 

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

 

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

https://academic.oup.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

4-methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC)

 

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

💀 toxic to marine life

💢 bioaccumulating

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://www.sciencedirect

https://onlinelibrary.wiley

https://www.icriforum.org

https://www.sciencedirect

https://www.mdpi.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

Benzylidene camphor sulfonic acid (BCSA)

😵 potential endocrine disruptor

 

https://academic.oup.com

 

Mineral (inorganic) UV Filters

 

 ZINC OXIDE

 

https://www.sciencedirect


https://onlinelibrary


https://link.springer.com


https://ijdvl.com/?view-pdf=


https://onlinelibrary


https://www.mdpi.com


https://onlinelibrary

 

NANOPARTICLE ZINC OXIDE

💀 toxic to marine life

 

https://www.mdpi.com

https://academic.oup

https://www.publish

https://pubs.rsc.org

https://journals.plos.org

https://www.sciencedirect

https://link.springer.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com

 

 

 

 TITANIUM DIOXIDE

 

https://sciendo.com

https://www.tandfonline.com

https://link.springer.com

 

NANOPARTICLE TITANIUM DIOXIDE

 

https://pubmed.ncbi

https://www.publish

https://link.springer.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

https://www.sciencedirect.com

 

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