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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2014, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (1): 39-44.doi: 10.13218/j.cnki.csdc.2014.01.010

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Progress on detection methods for toxic residues in cosmetics and their ingredients

HUANG Rong, YE Jun, FU Xiao-hong   

  1. Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry,Chengdu Normal University,Chengdu,Sichuan 610041,China
  • Received:2013-07-30 Published:2019-04-09

Abstract: Security problems caused by toxic substances in cosmetics and their ingredients were introduced,as well as the present situation of detection for toxic substances were described.The harmfulness and detection method of toxic residues in cosmetics and their ingredients,such as phthalate esters,dioxane,nitrosamines,bisphenols,alkyl phenols,acrylamide and residual solvents,were summarized.The conventionally used detection methods for toxic residues in China recent years were discussed,including gas chromatography,high performance liquid chromatography,gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.Finally,existing problems in detection methods and development trend were put forward.

Key words: cosmetics, ingredients, toxic residues, detection method

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658