Sodium Succinate

Sodium Succinate

AKA “Monosodium succinate, Sodium hydrogen succinate, Sodium hemisuccinate, Sodium acid succinate, Succinic acid, monosodium salt, Sodium succinate (1:1), Hydrogenjantaran sodny, Hydrogenjantaran sodny [Czech], CCRIS 6897, EINECS 220-871-2”

Ingredient

Ingredient Facts

Sodium succinate

AKA: Monosodium succinate, Sodium hydrogen succinate, Sodium hemisuccinate, Sodium acid succinate, Succinic acid, Monosodium salt, Sodium succinate (1:1), Hydrogenjantaran sodny, Hydrogenjantaran sodny [Czech], CCRIS 6897, EINECS 220-871-2

Ingredient · Buffering · EWG: 1

Synthetic

Clean

Butanedioic acid, monosodium salt

Formula

C4H5NaO4

Mol. Weight

140.07

CAS #

2922-54-5

Form

Powder

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Functions

Buffering

Anti-Inflammatory

Wound Healing

Fights Acne

Maintains optimal pH

Traditional Use

Salt of succinic acid, a compound first isolated in the 17th century from amber through distillation. Used in modern cosmetics as a pH buffer and skin conditioning agent with minimal historical cosmetic use prior to the 20th century.