Magnesium myreth sulfate (inci)

Magnesium myreth sulfate is a substance used in cosmetic formulations. The substance acts as a surfactant (washing-active substance); furthermore it has a cleansing effect on the body surface.

The polyoxyethylene ethers of myristinal alcohol are called myreth(s) (for comparison see: laurethe as polyoxyethylene ether of lauryl alcohol; steareth as polyoxyethylene ether of stearyl alcohol and others). Polyalkylene glycol ethers are non-ionic surfactants whose lipophilic part consists of fatty alcohols (e.g. lauryl alcohol, palmitic alcohol, stearyl alcohols etc.). The hydrophilic part is formed by short-chain polyethylene glycols (polyoxyethylene).