title: Safety assessment of trimoniums as used in cosmetics.
abstract: Quaternary ammonium salts, including alkyl chain, alkanol, and polymer derivatives (trimoniums) are used in cosmetics mainly as surfactant-cleansing agents, hair-conditioning agents, and antistatic agents.  The Cosmetic Ingredient Review Expert Panel reviewed the relevant animal and human data and noted gaps in the available safety data for some of the trimomiums.  The available data on many of the trimoniums are sufficient, however, and similar structural activity relationships, functions in cosmetics, and cosmetic product usage supported extending these data to the entire group.  These ingredients were determined to be safe in the present practices of use and concentration when formulated to be nonirritating.
authors.affiliation: Cosmetic Ingredient Review, Washington, DC 20036, USA.
authors.forename: Lillian C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Wilma F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Bergfeld
authors.forename: Donald V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Belsito
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Curtis D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Klaassen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liebler
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Shank
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Slaga
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: F Alan
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D006203:Hair Preparations / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants / Q000009:adverse effects; D011108:Polymers; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D006203:Hair Preparations; D007509:Irritants; D011108:Polymers; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds