Ethylene Glycol Monophenyl Ether

Abstract

The disinfectant ethylene glycol monophenyl ether(EPH) features high-efficiency, safety, low toxicity, non-irritation and non-pollution. EPH can be widely used in detergent and cosmetics as disinfectant and preservative due to its special properties in sterilization, anti-microorganism functions to pseudomonas aeruginosa, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The effectiveness of adding EPH in detergent and cosmetics used as disinfectant, preservative and deodorant is described in some examples. So far the EPH is still used as an important disinfectant in the cosmetics market in America and in Japan. Recent years, EPH has been used in domestic daily chemicals enterprises.