“Sodium Glycerophosphate?”Here!
Appears in 1 scanned product.
In personal care
A salt formed from glycerophosphoric acid and sodium, used as a mineral and buffering ingredient in cosmetic and oral care formulas.
Why it’s used
Functions as a pH buffer to help keep a formula's acidity stable, and is also included in some skin conditioning and hair care products for its mineral content.
What the evidence says
We haven’t found a source for this one that you can open and check, so we’re not summarizing the evidence.
Look it up yourself
We would rather point you at the shelf than summarize something you can’t check. These are the same places we search:
- PubChem — what the substance is, chemically — names, synonyms and structure
- PubMed — every paper indexed by the US National Library of Medicine that names it
These are starting points, not our findings — we haven’t run them for you. A substance whose name is also an ordinary word (“Heart”, “Alanine”, “Water”) will return papers that are not about the ingredient at all.
Rumors
Sodium glycerophosphate fights dental plaque.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- Paula's Choice — a brand: sells its own skincare products
How we know who this is
- “Copyright © Paula's Choice” (their page)
- “Paula's Choice | Research-First Skincare Products” (their page)
- Paula's Choice — a brand: sells its own skincare products
Sodium glycerophosphate moisturizes the skin.
We haven’t checked the evidence on this one yet.
What was measured is not yet noted.
Who’s saying this
- specialchem.com — we couldn’t open the site to see who runs it