Lanolin

Lanolin is a Deriv. of unctuous fatty sebaceous secretion of sheep, Ovis aries, consisting of complex mixt. of esters of high m.w. aliphatic, steroid, or triterpenoid alcohol and fatty acids Lanolin uses and applications include: Soaps; face creams; facial tissues; hair set and suntan preparations; plasticizer for rubber; lubricant for textiles, metalworking compds.; EP agent, slip agent for metalworkingrust preventative coatings; in printing inks; waterproofing agent for leather; chewing gum base; food glazing agent; pharmaceutical emollient, ointment base, filler, vehicle; protectant in diaper rash, hemorrhoidal, antibiotic ointments; rheology control agent, dispersant, cryst. inhibitor for wax in printing inks; antistat, emollient, emulsifier, solvent, cosolvent, plasticizer, wetting agent for cosmetics; surfactant lubricant in food-contact coatings; in paperpaperboard in contact with aqueousfatty foods; defoamer in food-contact paperpaperboard; in cellophane for food packaging; plasticizer in food-contact rubber articles for repeated use