Ceresin: version 1

Saved 2026-09-27 03:02 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Aquaphor Healing Ointment Advanced Therapy 14 oz (UPC 072140636081), a US OTC skin protectant (petrolatum 41 %). Identity confirmed by the maker page (aquaphorus.com tags this barcode), Walmart,. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Ceresin <!--ingredient-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Ceresin
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role         | target               | market | from | until | ended | status  | source        | note                     |
| ------------ | -------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ------------------------ |
| derived_from | ingredient/ozokerite |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-ceresin | Purified from ozokerite. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name        | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Ceresin wax | search | en     |      |       |
| Ceresine    | search | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                                                                           | title                                           | accessed   | publisher                         | kind        | published  | record_id                            | locator                     | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| dailymed     | https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=0a17bf6f-6114-4647-a509-65999255c37b | DailyMed: AQUAPHOR HEALING- petrolatum ointment | 2026-09-27 | U.S. National Library of Medicine | registry    | 2025-12-15 | 0a17bf6f-6114-4647-a509-65999255c37b | Packaging: NDC 10356-101-37 |              |             |          |
| wiki-ceresin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceresin                                                         | Wikipedia: Ceresin                              | 2026-09-27 | Wikipedia                         | publication |            |                                      |                             | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Ceresin (also ceresin wax or ceresine) is a wax obtained from ozokerite by a purifying process, commonly a treatment with heat and sulfuric acid.[^wiki-ceresin] It appears as an inactive ingredient in Aquaphor Healing Ointment.[^dailymed]
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