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IV. Action of a Soap Containing Little or No Lauric or Oleic Acid

C. GUY LANE, M.D.; IRVIN H. BLANK, Ph.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1947;56(4):419-424.

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IN THE manufacture of soap, fats are chosen which contain either lauric acid or oleic and other unsaturated fatty acids in order that the final soap have satisfactory lathering, cleansing and physical properties. The fatty acid fraction of an average toilet soap usually contains from 11 to 12 per cent lauric acid and 38 to 40 per cent oleic acid and other acids of one double bond.¹ A satisfactory soap may be prepared which has more lauric and less oleic acid, such as coconut oil soap, or one which has less lauric and more oleic acid, such as olive oil soap. Gardiner² and Goldman³ have stated that coconut oil soaps are more irritating to the skin than other soaps, and this is not an uncommon clinical observation. Soaps made from only olive oil have been thought to be relatively nonirritating to the skin. There has been little . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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