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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2024, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (2): 231-238.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2024.02.016

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Determination of tolnaftate and liranaftate in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography and verification by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Yixiang Lu1,Liting Wu2,Jimin Jiang1,Hailu Chen1,Xuan Huang1,*()   

  1. 1. Guangxi Institute for Drug Control, Nanning, Guangxi 530022, China
    2. School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
  • Received:2023-01-30 Revised:2024-01-25 Online:2024-02-22 Published:2024-02-28
  • Contact: * Tel.: +86-18154556833, E-mail: 344829920@qq.com.

Abstract:

A method for the determination of tolnaftate and liranaftate in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and verification by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) was established. Samples (including 5 kinds of matrix: cream, emulsion, liquid, gel, and oil) were extracted with acetonitrile, mixed thoroughly by vortex and ultra-sonication. In HPLC method, the separation was performed by C18 column of 5 μm particle sizes using acetonitrile and 0.1% formic acid water as mobile phases at the wavelength of 258 nm and 283 nm. The HPLC-MS/MS method employed a rapid resolution C18 column of 1.8 μm particle sizes and the same mobile phases as the HPLC method. The target compounds were analyzed by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) in electro-spray ionization (ESI) mode. Both the HPLC and HPLC-MS/MS methods show good performance in methodology validation. In HPLC method, the linearities of tolnaftate and liranaftate are in the range of 0.1-10.0 mg/L and 0.2-20.0 mg/L, respectively (correlation coefficient, R2>0.99), the limits of detection (LOD) are 3.0 mg/kg and 6.0 mg/kg, the limits of quantitation (LOQ) are 10 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg, and the spiked recoveries are between 93.3% and 107.9% (relative standard deviation, RSD<5%). While in HPLC-MS/MS method, the linearities of tolnaftate and liranaftate both are 0.05-5.00 μg/L (R2>0.99), the LODs are 0.002 mg/kg, the LOQs are 0.005 mg/kg, and the spiked recoveries are between 84.0% and 112.8% (RSD<5%). The method established in this study is simple, rapid, with strong specificity and high accuracy and is suitable for the determination of tolnaftate and liranaftate in cosmetics.

Key words: HPLC, HPLC-MS/MS, tolnaftate, liranaftate, cosmetics

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658