Table 1.
The photoactive compounds in the investigated sunscreens, CAS no and SPF of the product.
| Photoactive compound | CAS no | Mainly protection against | Active ingredients in the seven investigated sunscreen products | |||||||
| UVA | UVB | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| EHMC | 5466-77-3 | x | x | x | x | |||||
| MBC | 36861-47-9 | x | x | x | x | |||||
| EHT | 88122-99-0 | x | x | |||||||
| OC | 6197-30-4 | x | x | |||||||
| BMDBM | 70356-09-1 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| BZ-3 | 131-57-7 | x | x | x | ||||||
| TLDCSA | 90457-82-2 | x | x | |||||||
| TiO2 | 13463-67-7 | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| ZnO | 1314-13-2 | x | x | |||||||
| SPF | 4 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 15 | |||
CAS Chemical Abstracts Service
EHMC ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate MBC 4-methylbenzylidene camphor
EHT ethylhexyl triazone OC octocrylene BMDBM butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane
BZ-3 benzophenone-3 TLDCSA terephthalylidene dicamphor sulfonic acid
TiO2titanium dioxide ZnO zinc oxide
SPF Sun Protection Factor