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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (9): 621-626.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.09.011

• Analytical methods and testing • Previous Articles    

Determination of zinc oxide and titanium dioxide nanoparticles in imported sunscreen cosmetics

LI Shuo1,DAI Jing1,2,LI Li1(),WANG Gang-li1   

  1. 1. National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China
    2. China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211198, China
  • Received:2019-01-30 Revised:2019-09-05 Online:2019-09-22 Published:2019-09-19
  • Contact: Li LI E-mail:lili_nicpbp@126.com

Abstract:

Nanoparticles(NPs)of zinc oxide(nano-ZnO)and titanium dioxide(nano-TiO2)have been widely used as raw materials in sunscreen cosmetics. The special physico-chemical properties of NPs may lead to potential risks to the human body, and thus their safety has received extensive attention recently. For some sunscreen cosmetics, only the words zinc oxide(ZnO)and/or titanium dioxide(TiO2)are labeled on the composition table, and there is no information about being nano-sized or not. Quantitative analysis of ZnO and TiO2 was carried out by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, respectively, for 50 batches of commercial imported sunscreen cosmetics. The morphologies of the ZnO and TiO2 NPs were characterized by a high resolution transmission electron microscope equipped with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The results indicated that NPs were observed in 44 batches of samples among the 50 batches of samples in total. However, none of these commercial products is labeled for the existence of NPs.

Key words: cosmetics, sunscreen, nano-zinc oxide, nano-titanium dioxide, transmission electron microscope

CLC Number: 

  • TQ658.2 +4