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Benzethonium

Benzethonium, used as the chloride, is an antiseptic and surfactant quaternary ammonium salt patented in the United States in 1938: it is found in first aid antiseptics, soaps, wipes and mouthwashes and as a preservative in cosmetics and medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It is not just a disinfectant: in clinical laboratories it has also been used as a reagent to measure protein in cerebrospinal fluid.

Benzethonium ChlorideGo to the active ingredient →

EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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