Sandbox:Sara
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]
Type of filter | Name of UV filter | Concentration in percentage | |
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Organic UVB Filters | Cinnamates | Octinoxate (octyl methoxycinnamate, Parsol MCX) | 7.5% |
Cinoxate | 3% | ||
PABA derivatives | 15% Para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) | 15% | |
Padimate O (octyl dimethyl PABA) | 8% | ||
Salicylates | Octisalate (octyl salicylate) | 5% | |
Homosalate | 15% | ||
Trolamine salicylate | 12% | ||
Others | Octocrylene | 10% | |
Ensulizole (phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid) | 4% | ||
Organic UVA Filters | Benzophenones | Oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) | 6% |
Sulisobenzone (benzophenone-4) | 10% | ||
Dioxybenzone (benzophenone-8 | 3% | ||
Others | Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane (avobenzone, Parsol 1789) | 3% | |
Meradimate (menthyl anthranilate) | 5% | ||
Inorganic Filters | Titanium dioxide | 25% | |
Zinc oxide | 25% |