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Simultaneous Determination of Water-Soluble Whitening Ingredients and Adenosine in Different Cosmetic Formulations by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Photodiode Array Detection

Simultaneous Determination of Water-Soluble Whitening Ingredients and Adenosine in Different Cosmetic Formulations by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Photodiode Array Detection

J-S Jeon, H-T Kim, M-G Kim, M-S Oh, S-R Hong, M-H Yoon, S-M Cho, H-C Shin, J-H Shim, A Ramadan, A M Abd El-Aty

Int J Cosmet Sci. 2016 Jun;38(3):286-93.

PMID: 26564311

Abstract:

Objective:
The Korean Cosmetic Act regulates the use of functional cosmetics) by the law. Four functional cosmetic groups, whitening, anti-wrinkle, UV protection and combination of whitening and anti-wrinkle, were categorized according to the Korean Cosmetic Act and Functional Cosmetics Codex. In this study, high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with photodiode array detection (DAD) was employed for the simultaneous detection of arbutin (and its decomposition product, hydroquinone), niacinamide, ascorbyl glucoside, ethyl ascorbyl ether and adenosine in functional cosmetic products such as creams, emulsions and lotions.
Methods:
Separation by HPLC-DAD was conducted using a C18 column with a gradient elution of 5 mm KH2PO4 buffer (containing 0.1% phosphoric acid) and methanol (containing 0.1% phosphoric acid). The wavelengths for the detection of arbutin, hydroquinone, niacinamide, adenosine, ascorbyl glucoside and ethyl ascorbyl ether were 283, 289, 261, 257, 238 and 245 nm, respectively.
Results:
This method exhibited good linearity (R(2) ≥ 0.999), precision (expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD) < 2%) and mean recoveries (89.42-104.89%). The results obtained by monitoring 100 market samples showed that the detected levels of the tested materials are within the acceptable authorized concentration.
Conclusion:
The method developed herein is simple and can be used for market survey and quality control of functional cosmetics.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP129499781	Ascorbyl Glucoside		129499-78-1	Price

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