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Ceramide AP, formerly known under the INCI name Ceramide 6 II, is the N-acylated sphingolipid consisting of Phytosphingosine having the D-erythro structure linked to an alpha-hydroxy saturated or unsaturated fatty acid.

CERAMIDE AP is listed in the European Commission CosIng inventory under the functional categories Hair Conditioning, Skin Conditioning, with CAS number 100403-19-8 and EC number 309-560-3. In the free INCIDB sample it appears on 2 product labels, reaching position 17 on Hydrating facial cleanser.

Sample products containing CERAMIDE AP

Label positions from the free INCIDB sample. A lower position means the ingredient is declared earlier, i.e. present in a higher proportion.

Query CERAMIDE AP in the full snapshot

import pyarrow.parquet as pq

ingredients = pq.read_table('ingredients.parquet').to_pandas()
target = ingredients[ingredients['inci_name'] == "CERAMIDE AP"]
print(target[['ingredient_id', 'functions', 'cas_number', 'is_common_allergen']])

The complete snapshot covers 18,583 products. Coverage of each enrichment column is published, both per distinct name and weighted by label occurrence — see the coverage table.