Benzyl alcohol is a weak sensitizer found in a wide array of plants and plant products, foods, cosmetics, and medications. Delayed contact dermatitis reactions as well as immediate, urticarial ...

When Acinetobacter sp. (strain C6) is grown with benzyl alcohol as a sole carbon source it secretes benzoate. Pseudomonas putida (strain KT2440) cannot grow on benzyl alcohol, but it can ...

The panel's clinical recommendation was that benzyl alcohol could be used safely in cosmetics for adults at concentrations up to 5% (up to 10% for hair dyes). However, owing to a lack of data ...