What's in Biofreeze
from sourceA medicine sold over the counter, without a prescription.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Reckitt Benckiser LLC, which lists 16 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 6 of them by their FDA UNII codes, 1 of those through the parent compound of the salt, hydrate or other form on the label. DailyMed label, version 12. 10 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- MentholC10H20O
Active ingredient. Purpose on the label: Cooling Pain Relief from source
As a pure substance: LD50 3,300 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 5
- Isopropyl alcoholC3H8O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 4,797 mg/kg (dog, oral) from source
- MethylsulfonylmethaneC2H6O2S
Inactive ingredient (on the label as dimethyl sulfone) from source
- EthanolC2H6O
Inactive ingredient (on the label as alcohol) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 5,628 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- WaterH2O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) from source
- GlycerolC3H8O3
Inactive ingredient (on the label as glycerin) from source
As a pure substance: LD50 5,570 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
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