Potassium Citrate

The Basics On Potassium Citrate

What is Potassium Citrate?

Potassium citrate is a buffering agent that is the potassium salt of citric acid.

What are other names for Potassium Citrate?

1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT, 1,2,3PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 2HYDROXY, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT, 2-HYDROXY- TRIPOTASSIUM SALT 1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT, CITRIC ACID, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT, POTASSIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM TRIBASIC CITRATE, TRIPOTASSIUM CITRATE, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT 1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-, TRIPOTASSIUM SALT 2-HYDROXY-1,2,3-PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, and TRIPOTASSIUM SALT CITRIC ACID

What is Potassium Citrate used for?

The plant-derived or synthetic potassium salt of citric acid, this ingredient acts as a buffering and chelating agent in cosmetics. Potassium citrate is also a food-grade additive and is also used medically to help improve certain health conditions.

How Potassium Citrate is classified

Miscellaneous

Recommendations for using Potassium Citrate during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Limited data suggests no known risk

 

Potassium Citrate During Pregnancy

What we know about using Potassium Citrate while pregnant or breastfeeding

Limited information available.

Oral Aluminum Citrate A group of 20 presumed-pregnant rats were dosed daily by gavage with 1064 mg/kg bw aluminum citrate and 62 mg/kg bw citric acid, concurrently, on days 6-15 of gestation, and a negative control group of 20 gravid rats received distilled water only.29 All animals were killed on day 20 of gestation. The actual numbers of gravid test and control rats were 15 and 17, respectively. Administration of aluminum citrate with citric acid was not maternally-, embryo-, or fetotoxic. A statistically significant increase in the absence of xiphoids was the only skeletal variation reported. The aluminum concentration in the maternal liver, kidney, brain, bone (femur), and placenta, as well as in the whole fetus, was determined. The aluminum concentration was statistically significantly increased in the liver, bone, and placenta of the test animals compared to controls; however, no aluminum was detected (detection limit 0.05 µg/g) in the whole fetuses of control or treated animals. Distearyl Citrate Ester Mixture A multi-generation study was performed in which 4 generations of rats were fed a diet containing 0, 1.9, or 9.5% of the distearyl citrate ester mixture that was described earlier in this report.26 Administration of the test article did not result in any reproductive or developmental effects or any general signs of toxicity. In-Vitro Sodium Citrate The embryotoxic potential of sodium citrate was evaluated in a whole rodent embryo culture system using 9.5-day-old embryos from female Han Wistar rats without metabolic activation.30 The no-effect concentration for all parameters evaluated, including crown-rump length and abnormalities, was >115 µM sodium citrate. Spermicidal Effects Citric Acid The spermicidal effect of citric acid was determined by suspending human sperm in a solution of citric acid.31 Addition of 0.1% citric acid to human sperm reduced pH and rendered sperm immotile within 30 min, while 1% was almost instantly spermicidal. The effect on sperm penetration of cervical mucus was also evaluated by adding the acid to human cervical mucus in capillary

General safety info about Potassium Citrate from CIR

The CIR Expert Panel assessed the safety of citric acid, 12 inorganic citrate salts, and 20 alkyl citrate esters as used in cosmetics, concluding that these ingredients are safe in the present practices of use and concentration. Citric acid is reported to function as a pH adjuster, chelating agent, or fragrance ingredient. Some of the salts are also reported to function as chelating agents, and a number of the citrates are reported to function as skin conditioning agents. The Panel reviewed available animal and clinical data; because, citric acid, calcium citrate, ferric citrate, manganese citrate, potassium citrate, sodium citrate, diammonium citrate, isopropyl citrate, stearyl citrate, and triethyl citrate are GRAS direct food additives, dermal toxicity was the focus for these ingredients in this assessment.

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