<unk>  or docusate sodium (INN, /[invalid input: 'icon']ˈdɒkjuːseɪt/) – often referred to as<unk> , Aerosol OT or AOT – is a common ingredient in consumer products, especially laxatives of the stool softener type. It is also used as an emulsifying, wetting, and dispersing agent, as a pesticide, as well as a component of the oil dispersant Corexit which was used in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. It is an anionic surfactant, a substance that lowers the surface tension of water.
Docusate calcium and docusate potassium, as well as other<unk><unk>  salts[citation needed], are also widely used in the same areas.
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate
Sodium tetradecyl sulfate
Sodium lauryl sulfate
Gitoformate
Pyritinol
Ioxaglic acid
Carboxymethyl cellulose
Hydroxyethyl starch