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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2021, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (10): 1018-1025.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2021.10.014

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Simultaneous determination of 23 prohibited or restricted components in sunscreen cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography

Shang Shu,Feng Youlong,Fang Fang()   

  1. Jiangsu Institute for Food and Drug Control, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210019, China
  • Received:2021-05-18 Revised:2021-09-27 Online:2021-10-22 Published:2021-10-21
  • Contact: Fang Fang E-mail:75774809@qq.com

Abstract:

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for simultaneous determination of 23 prohibited or restricted components in sunscreen cosmetics was established. The sample was dissolved and mixed with tetrahydrofuran or a mixed solvent, extracted by sonicating for 30 min, diluted with tetrahydrofuran or a mixed solvent, and filtered by a microporous membrane. For HPLC analysis, the sample was separated by Kromasil C18 column, and gradient elution was performed with 0.1% formic-methanol-tetrahydrofuran as the mobile phase, with the flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, column temperature of 35 ℃, detection wavelength of 311 nm. The quantitative determination was applied by standard curve method. The results show that there is a good linear relationship between the concentration of 23 prohibited or restricted components and the peak area is in a certain range, with the R values all greater than 0.998 4. The detection limits of the method are 0.01%-0.04%. At low and high spiked levels, the recoveries of the two substrates (sunscreen and lip balm) ranged from 85.6%-113.2%, with RSDs ranging from 0.4%-5.4%. This method is optimized on the basis of the loading method in Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics (2015 Edition), so that the stability of each component in the detection process is better. On the basis of the “specification” detection method in this paper, the extraction solvent and the kind of mobile phase of the test sample solution is optimized. The new method can simultaneously determine amino acid and diphenyl ketone-2 of 23 kinds of sunscreen, improve the efficiency of the detection, enhance the stability of the component under test condition and ensure the stability of the measured component accuracy. In this paper, HPLC method was used to establish a simultaneous detection method for 23 kinds of prohibited or restricted sunscreen substances, and the extraction solvents and mobile phase types of the tested solutions were optimized. The new method overcomes the inaccuracy of the detection results caused by the easy oxidation of cresol trazole trisiloxane and other contained detection methods in the Code. The new method can simultaneously determine 23 kinds of sunscreens such as p-aminobenzoic acid and diphenylketone-2, which greatly improves the detection efficiency. The new method is proved to be accurate and repeatable, and is suitable for the inspection and detection of sunscreen cosmetics.

Key words: high performance liquid chromatography, sunscreen cosmetics, prohibited or restricted components

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658