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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2025, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 1493-1500.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2025.11.016

• Analytical methods and testing • Previous Articles    

Simultaneous determination of multiple antibacterial components in mouthwash by high performance liquid chromatography

Lin Cao*(),Mingwei Liu   

  1. School of Laboratory Technology, Xinyang Vocational and Technical College, Xinyang, Henan 464000, China
  • Received:2024-07-15 Revised:2025-10-27 Online:2025-11-22 Published:2025-12-22

Abstract:

This study developed a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for the simultaneous determination of five antibacterial components (chlorhexidine, cetylpyridinium chloride, ethylparaben, sodium methylparaben, and domiphen bromide) in mouthwash. Mouthwash samples were extracted using acetonitrile-0.05 mol/L phosphate buffer (pH 3.8) at a volume ratio of 20∶80. Ultrasonic extraction parameters were set as follows: power of 300 W, extraction time of 20 minutes, temperature of 40 ℃, and solid-to-liquid ratio of 1∶4. An Agilent 1260 HPLC system, equipped with a diode array detector (DAD), was employed using an Agilent ZORBAX Eclipse Plus C18 reversed-phase column (250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm). The column temperature was maintained at 30 ℃, with an injection volume of 10 μL, flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, detection wavelength of 260 nm, and total run time of 30 minutes. Methodological validation demonstrates that for intraday precision, the relative standard deviations (RSDs) of the five components range from 2.33% to 4.72%, while interday precision RSDs range from 1.01% to 4.21%. Linear regression analysis reveals that all five components exhibit excellent linearity with the correlation coefficients (r)>0.999 5, the limits of detection (LOD) ranging from 0.09 to 0.18 μg/mL and the limits of quantification (LOQ) ranging from 0.27 to 0.54 μg/mL. Spike recovery experiments indicate that the average recovery rates of the five components range from 96.02% to 104.65%, with the corresponding RSDs of 1.74% to 4.53%. Detection of 20 commercial mouthwash samples show that chlorhexidine is detected only in samples S15 and S19 at the concentrations of 1.25 and 1.27 mg/mL, respectively. Cetylpyridinium chloride is detected in 7 samples with the concentrations ranging from 0.13 to 0.75 mg/mL. Ethylparaben is detected solely in sample S4 at 0.15 mg/mL. Sodium methylparaben is found only in sample S18 at 1.19 mg/mL. Domiphen bromide is detected exclusively in sample S20 at 0.32 mg/mL, and the remaining 9 samples show no detection of the target components. In conclusion, this method enables simultaneous and rapid detection of the five target antibacterial components in commercial mouthwashes.

Key words: mouthwash, high-performance liquid chromatography, antibacterial components, simultaneous detection, quality control

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658