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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2023, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (2): 220-225.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2023.02.013

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Determination of sodium lauroyl glycinate by HPLC-ELSD

Zhuo Wenshan(),Feng Shunqing,Tang Jianfeng   

  1. Instrumental Analysis and Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
  • Received:2022-03-17 Revised:2023-01-29 Online:2023-02-22 Published:2023-02-23
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Abstract:

A method for rapid quantitative analysis of sodium lauroyl glycinate (SLG) was established by using a reversed-phase HPLC combined with evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) without complex pre-treatment. HPLC-ELSD was equipped with Thermo Scientific Acclaim Surfactant Plus column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm). Acetonitrile-0.1 mol/L ammonium acetate aqueous solution (the pH was adjusted to 5.4 by acetic acid) was used as the mobile phase for gradient elution and the parameters in ELSD were optimized as follows: Evaporation temperature was 75 ℃; nebulization temperature was 85 ℃; N2 flow rate was 0.9 L/min. The facial cleanser samples were extracted by mixed solvent of 80% acetonitrile-20% water and the amount of SLG was determined. The results showed that, in the range of 10-200 mg/L, the logarithm of the response value of ELSD was linearly related to the logarithm of the concentration of SLG with the correlation coefficients greater than 0.999, and the detection limit was 3 mg/L. The relative standard deviation of facial cleansing sample in 24 h was less than 1.5%, and the relative standard deviation in parallel samples was less than 2.0%. The average spike recoveries varied from 90.9% to 100.4% with standard addition. The developed HPLC-ELSD method could rapidly determine the content of SLG in facial cleansers with the advantages of simple operation, high accuracy and good reproducibility, and it was suitable for determination of other N-acylamino acid surfactants.

Key words: sodium lauroyl glycinate, HPLC, ELSD, N-acylamino acid

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423