The Basics On Ammonium Chloride
What is Ammonium Chloride?
Alkaline salt used as a pH balancer in skincare products.
What are other names for Ammonium Chloride?
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE, AMMONIUM CHLORIDE ((NH4)CL), AMMONIUM MURIATE, SAL AMMONIAC, and SALMIAC
What is Ammonium Chloride used for?
Ammonia and Skincare Products Many personal care products contain a form of ammonia – most commonly ammonium chloride. It’s added to shampoos, hair colors, liquid hand soap, and body wash in order to create a thicker lather and make the products themselves thicker and more viscous.
How Ammonium Chloride is classified
Absorbent
Recommendations for using Ammonium Chloride during pregnancy and breastfeeding
Avoid
Ammonium Chloride During Pregnancy
What we know about using Ammonium Chloride while pregnant or breastfeeding
Limited information available.
Ammonia and Diammonium Phosphate (included as a potentially similar ammonium salt) A relationship between the duration of exposure and the incidence of exencephaly (concentration-related increase) was observed in an in vitro study in which mouse embryos were cultured with Ammonia (38 to 300 µmol/l) for up to 93 h. In a developmental toxicity study involving pregnant rats exposed to Ammonia in the diet (4293 mg/kg/day; w/w/t as the ammonium ion) from gestation day 1 through day 21 of lactation, body weights of offspring were reduced by 25% (males) and 16% (females). Neither reproductive nor developmental toxicity was reported in a study in which female pigs were exposed (inhalation exposure) to ~7 ppm or ~35 ppm Ammonia from 6 weeks prior to breeding until day 30 of gestation. In a reproductive and developmental toxicity study on diammonium phosphate involving rats, an NOAEL of 1500 mg/kg/day and an LOAEL of >1500 mg/kg/day were reported. 2,4,45,53,81, 82,83
General safety info about Ammonium Chloride from CIR
No report found.
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Products where you might find Ammonium Chloride
Moroccanoil Hydrating Styling Cream; amika Un.Done Volume and Matte Texture Spray; Tower 28 Beauty SOS Save.Our.Skin Daily Rescue Facial Spray
List of References
General sources: Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed) [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2006-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922/
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