What's in Retin-A
from sourceA prescription medicine, sold under this brand name.
From the product's label on DailyMed from Bausch Health US, LLC, which lists 13 ingredients. MoleculeFinder matched 6 of them by their FDA UNII codes. DailyMed label, version 15. 7 other ingredients are not MoleculeFinder molecules, so they are not listed here.
Active ingredients 1
- TretinoinC20H28O2
Active ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 1,960 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
Inactive ingredients 5
- Stearic acidC18H36O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 21.5 mg/kg (rat, iv) from source
- Sorbic acidC6H8O2
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 10,500 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- Butylated hydroxytolueneC15H24O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 890 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source
- WaterH2O
Inactive ingredient from source
As a pure substance: LD50 25,000 mg/kg (mouse, iv) 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
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