Description

Avobenzone is an oil-soluble with the ability to absorb ultraviolet light over a wider range of wavelengths than many organic sunscreen agents has led to its use in many commercial preparations marketed as ‘broad spectrum’ sunscreens. Avobenzone has an absorption maximum of 357 nm. Can easily be combined with other sunscreens (e.g. octocrylene, homosalate, ethylhexyl salicylate, OM-cinnamate), it can also be used to shield cosmetics and personal care items from deterioration.

Avobenzone is a topical, broad range UV protector and blocks UVA I, UVA II, and UVB wavelengths, thereby limiting the impact of UV rays on skin. Avobenzone is very sensitive to light, to increase its stability and duration of action, photostablizers are added in the sunscreen product. It is globally the only available chemical sunscreen that provides proper UV-A protection, his makes Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane the gold standard of UV-A protection. It is approved for use in sun care preparations.
When used in OTC sunscreen products, Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane is called Avobenzone.
Some studies suggest that some sunscreen ingredients, including Avobenzone, may have acted like the hormone, estrogen. Therefore, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee for Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products Intended for Consumers (SCCNFP) was asked to consider if UV filters as used in sunscreen products have estrogenic effects which have the potential to affect human health. The SCCNFP concluded that UV filters used in sunscreen products allowed in the European market have no estrogenic effects that could potentially affect human health.

CAS: 70356-09-1
INCI: Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane
Usage Rate: maximum concentration of 3% in America and  5% in Europe