Active ingredientBenzoyl PeroxideCat. No. P-B045-001CAS 94-36-0Family · Pharmaceutical analytical standards
Benzoyl Peroxide
An oxidising organic peroxide first prepared in 1858 by chemist Benjamin Collins Brodie: approved in the United States for acne in 1960, it inhibits the bacterium Cutibacterium acnes without inducing resistance and is on the WHO List of Essential Medicines. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities and other impurities.
Did you know?It is the same compound that bleaches flour and starts the polymerisation of resins and plastics: that is why creams can permanently bleach towels, clothes and hair.
Go to the active ingredient →Active ingredientBenzoyl PeroxideCat. No. P-B045-001CAS 94-36-0
Pharmacopoeial impurityBenzoyl Peroxide Hydrous EP Impurity CCat. No. P-B045-002CAS 93-89-0
ImpurityBenzoic AcidCat. No. P-B045-003CAS 65-85-0
ImpurityBenzoyl 3-chlorobenzoyl peroxideCat. No. P-B045-004CAS 13495-28-8
ImpurityBenzoyl 4-chlorobenzoyl PeroxideCat. No. P-B045-005CAS 790-45-4
Impuritym-Chlorobenzoyl PeroxideCat. No. P-B045-007CAS 845-30-7No product matches your search.
EDQM standards 1
The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.
Reference substanceBenzoic acid CRSEDQM code Y0001470Family Benzoyl PeroxideNeed a molecule you cannot find?
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