❮ Back to the lexicon
(1) Fiume, M. M., Heldreth, B. A.,Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Jr, Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., & Andersen, F. A. (2014). Safety Assessment of Citric Acid, Inorganic Citrate Salts, and Alkyl Citrate Esters as Used in Cosmetics. International journal of toxicology, 33(2 suppl), 16S-46S. https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581814526891
CITRIC ACID
Citric acid regulates the pH value of a formulation as an ideal buffering agent and acts as a chelating agent, thus it can improve the stability and shelf life of products. (1)
(1) Fiume, M. M., Heldreth, B. A.,Bergfeld, W. F., Belsito, D. V., Hill, R. A., Klaassen, C. D., Liebler, D. C., Marks, J. G., Jr, Shank, R. C., Slaga, T. J., Snyder, P. W., & Andersen, F. A. (2014). Safety Assessment of Citric Acid, Inorganic Citrate Salts, and Alkyl Citrate Esters as Used in Cosmetics. International journal of toxicology, 33(2 suppl), 16S-46S. https://doi.org/10.1177/1091581814526891