Difference Between Miglyol 840 and MCT Oil

[JAKRPH]

Can someone please explain the difference between these two carrier oils?

I recently ordered a product that was in MCT oil and seemed to have a bad reaction to it. I have used, and am currently using, products in Miglyol 840 and I love the stuff.

I looked up Miglyol 840 on PubChem and it seems to just be MCT oil with carbon chains in 8 and 10 carbon lengths. I am just curious as I am interested in purchasing some high concentrated compounds to replace the ones I am almost out of and it is in MCT oil and do not want to end up with unusable oil.

 

[Liska]

https://medlabgear.com/blogs/articles/miglyol-840-vs-812-whats-difference

Have you considered that your bad reaction might be to some other aspect of the MCT product? I remember having a discussion about rare cases where you can actually have an intolerance/allergic reaction to just one of them due to the specific structural differences between MCT/Mig 812 and 840 but cannot find it via the search - so while that’s not the first aspect I would consider, it’s not impossible.