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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mohsin, M.D.[2]

US FDA monograph list of active ingredients of sunscreen
Type of filter Name of UV filter Concentration in percentage
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%




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