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  • How can I discover who created an ingredient?

    Posted by pma on April 14, 2021 at 12:58 am

    I’d like to know who created the surfactant . PEG-20 Glyceryl Triisostearate, if it was created by Croda, Nikkol, Nihon Emulsion or Nof Corp. (all of them make and sell that surfactant).

    Microformulation replied 3 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • OldPerry

    Member
    April 14, 2021 at 1:54 am

    Get a sample from each of them with the Certificate of Analysis. Then conduct a study on each sample to see if there is some characteristic that is different about one over any of the others.

  • pma

    Member
    April 14, 2021 at 5:43 am

    Perry said:

    Get a sample from each of them with the Certificate of Analysis. Then conduct a study on each sample to see if there is some characteristic that is different about one over any of the others.

    Hi Perry, I didn’t understood why this test would show which company was the first one to create that ingredient…

  • OldPerry

    Member
    April 14, 2021 at 2:09 pm

    Perhaps I’m not understanding your question.
    Are you asking which company invented a molecule?

    I assumed you had a raw material but didn’t know who manufactured it. My answer was telling you one way to identify the manufacturer of a specific sample.

    Perhaps, reword your question? What exactly are you trying to figure out?

  • pma

    Member
    April 14, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    Perry said:

    Perhaps I’m not understanding your question.
    Are you asking which company invented a molecule?

    I assumed you had a raw material but didn’t know who manufactured it. My answer was telling you one way to identify the manufacturer of a specific sample.

    Perhaps, reword your question? What exactly are you trying to figure out?

    Yes, I’d like to know which company invented that molecule…

  • Microformulation

    Member
    April 14, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    Like Perry, I am puzzled why this info is important, but likely you would have to do a patent search as a first step.

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