Oxybenzone imagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mapulasitiki ngati chowongolera chowunikira cha ultraviolet komanso chokhazikika. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito, limodzi ndi ma benzophenones ena, m'masiku owotchera dzuwa, opopera tsitsi, ndi zodzoladzola chifukwa zimathandiza kupewa kuwonongeka kwa dzuwa. Amapezekanso, mozungulira mpaka 1%, m'misomali. Oxybenzone itha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati photostabilizer yama resin opanga. Benzophenones imatha kutuluka ndikulongedza chakudya, ndipo imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ngati oyambitsa zithunzi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito kuyambitsa mankhwala omwe amauma inki mwachangu.

 
Monga zotchingira dzuwa, imafalitsa ma radiation ambiri, kuphatikiza UVB ndi cheza cha UVA chaching'ono.

Monga wothandizira kwambiri, ili ndi mawonekedwe oyambira kuyambira 270 mpaka 350 nm okhala ndi nsonga za 288 ndi 350 nm. Ndi imodzi mwazosefera zamafuta a UVA zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri masiku ano. Ikupezekanso mu polish ya misomali, zonunkhiritsa, kupopera tsitsi, komanso zodzoladzola ngati photostabilizer. Ngakhale ali ndi mawonekedwe a photoprotective, kutsutsana kwakukulu kumazungulira oxybenzone chifukwa cha kuthekera kwake kwa mahomoni komanso kujambula zithunzi, zomwe zimapangitsa mayiko ambiri kuti azigwiritsa ntchito bwino.