Antiperspirants & sweat glands

Question 1

6 types of functional ingredients

Answer 1

Odour masking, odour neutralising, odour absorbing, antimicrobial, esterase inhibitors, odour quenching.

Antiperspirant

Question 2

2 ingredients used as antiperspirant.

Answer 2

1. Aluminum-based agents, such as aluminum chloride
2. Aluminum–zirconium-based agents, such as aluminum zirconium tri-, tetra-, penta-,
   and octa chlorohydrate. These complexes can be buffered with glycine, an amino acid, to
   stabilize them and mitigate the acidic harshness.

Question 3

What are the five main dosage forms?

Answer 3

roll ons, solid stick, extrudable clear gel, Extrudable Soft Solids, Aerosols.

Question 4

Why do we sweat?

Answer 4

temperature regulation

Question 5

types of sweat glands?

Answer 5

eccrine, apocrine

Question 6

describe eccrine glands

Answer 6

mostly found in palm, soles and forehead. makes up 75% of sweat glands

Question 7

Describe apocrine glands

Answer 7

25% of sweat glands. Mostly in breast, armpits, gentile areas, earholes. larger and duct opens at hair duct.