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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (3): 203-208.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.03.013

• Analytical methods and testing • Previous Articles    

Determination of 10 phthalate esters in cosmetics for children by HPLC

Yong-chao YANG,Jing YAN,Hao-li-bao ZHAO,Xue-yang LI,Yuan ZHANG(),Lei ZHOU   

  1. Technical Center for Safety of Industrial Products, Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Tianjin 300308, China
  • Received:2018-09-12 Revised:2019-02-28 Online:2019-03-22 Published:2019-04-04
  • Contact: Yuan ZHANG E-mail:zhangyuan3@customs.gov.cn

Abstract:

A sensitive and rapid method was developed for the determination of 10 phthalate esters (PAEs) in children’s cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The analytes were tested with an Acclaim TM 120-C18 reversed-phase column (4.6 mm×250 mm, 5 μm) under the gradient elution of methanol, acetonitrile and water, and subsequently detected by Diode Array Detector (DAD) at 280 nm. The flow rate was set at 1.0 mL/min. The results show that the ten compounds show good linearity within the concentration range of 1-100 mg/L. The corresponding linear correlation coefficients are all equal to or greater than 0.999 6. And the limits of detection and quantification (LOD and LOQ) located at the range of 0.2-5.0 mg/L and 0.5- 10.0 mg/L, respectively. Recovery experiments were then carried out with 8 cosmetic samples (lotion, cream and oily cosmetics). The average recoveries are between 89.2% and 106.1% with relative standard deviations <5%. Results show that it is a simple and accurate method with low LOD which can serve for cosmetics supervision in determination of the PAEs. One of the eight cosmetics was verified as a positive sample, and three methods were applied to confirm this result.

Key words: children’s cosmetics;, phthalate ester, high performance liquid chromatography

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658