Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline aromatic compound, C13H10O, used in perfumery and in medicine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Diphenylketone, (C6H5)2CO, a compound formed by the dry distillation of calcium benzoate. It melts at 48° C. and boils at 306.1° C.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry, countable Any of a class of
aromatic ketones based on theparent compound diphenylketone (C6H5)2CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients insunblock . - noun organic chemistry, uncountable The compound
diphenylmethanone .
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Examples
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The most common agent is benzophenone, which is oxybenzone, listed on the sunscreens.
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* Avoiding use of sun tan lotions that harm reefs (those that contain chemical UV barriers such as benzophenone and cinnamate and also parabens).
Wendy Gordon: Below the Radar: Rising Oceanic CO2 Levels Threaten Sea Life 2010
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Garcinol is a polyisoprenylated benzophenone which is isolated from garcinia cambogia and Garcinia indica fruits.
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Of additional and generally unrecognized concern is that other ingredients, benzophenone, and EDTA, are "penetration enhancers."
Samuel S. Epstein: The National Cancer Institute Should Delay Its Collaboration With Love/Avon 2009
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Oxybenzone is derived from benzophenone and used in hundreds of skincare products from sunscreens to lip balms.
Lauren Fornes: Sunscreen: Causes Cancer or Protects Against It? 2008
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Archive 2007-08-01 Egon Willighagen 2007
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In seeking to avoid potential harm from sunscreens, one must not only be conscious of chemicals shown to collect in tissues and have estrogenic effects, such as octylmetoxycinnimate or benzophenone (which also generates free radicals), but also be aware of the fact that many of these chemicals do not protect from all UVA (skin aging) rays, only burning (UVB) rays, and may even contribute to skin damage.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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In seeking to avoid potential harm from sunscreens, one must not only be conscious of chemicals shown to collect in tissues and have estrogenic effects, such as octylmetoxycinnimate or benzophenone (which also generates free radicals), but also be aware of the fact that many of these chemicals do not protect from all UVA (skin aging) rays, only burning (UVB) rays, and may even contribute to skin damage.
The Truth About Beauty Kat James 2007
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JChemPaint too: PNG embedded connectivity tables Egon Willighagen 2007
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The research team found that three commonly used ultraviolet UV filters -- octylmethoxycinnamate, benzophenone 3 and octocrylene -- eventually soak into the deeper layers of the skin after their application, leaving the top skin layers vulnerable to sun damage.
Sunscreen found to generate harmful compounds that promote skin cancer GreenFertility 2006
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