Formaldehyde releaser

A formaldehyde releaser is a chemical compound that slowly releases formaldehyde.

Antimicrobials

Formaldehyde releasers are often used as an antimicrobial preservative in cosmetics. Examples include:

• Quaternium-15
• Imidazolidinyl urea (Germall 115)
• Diazolidinyl urea (Germall II)
• DMDM hydantoin (Glydant)
• 2-Bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (Bronopol) (formaldehyde release is not related to mechanism of action)
• Tris(hydroxymethyl) nitromethane (Tris Nitro)
• Hydroxymethylglycinate (Suttocide A)

Resins and plastics

• Polyoxymethylene plastic (Delrin)
• Phenol formaldehyde resin
• Urea formaldehyde resin
• Melamine resin

Others

• Paraformaldehyde

See also

• Formaldehyde