butylene glycol

Butylene Glycol is used to retain the cream's scent and to prevent spoilage.

Butanediol, also called butylene glycol, may refer to any one of four stable structural isomers:

Other enterics subsequently use the butylene glycol pathway to metabolize pyruvic acid to neutral end products.

The yeasts also help keep levels low by consuming diacetyl and reducing it to acetoin and butylene glycol.

"The beads contain an adhesive solvent called "1,4 butylene glycol" that simulates the drug gamma hydroxy if swallowed," Xinhua said.

Other popular humectants in cosmetics include glycerin, sorbitol (sugar alcohol), hexylene and butylene glycol, urea, and collagen.

"Investigations showed Wangqi Product Factory used the toxic '1,4 butylene glycol' as softener in the production, and the product contained 14.5 percent of '1,4 butylene glycol,'" Xinhua reported.

Scientists have found the highly popular holiday toy contains a butylene glycol adhesive solvent that, once metabolized, converts into the toxic "date rape" drug GHB (gamma-hydroxy butyrate), U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesman Scott Wolfson told CNN.