[Determination of the contents of vitamin C and its derivatives in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography].

A method has established for the detection of vitamin C (VC) and its derivatives (ascorbyl glucoside, AA-2G; magnesium ascorbyl phosphate, AA-2P; ascorbic acid ethyl ether, Only VCE) in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Low fat cosmetic samples such as make-up water and lotion were extracted directly with 30 mL 0.02 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution (pH 3.0). High fat cosmetic samples such as face cream and gel were well dispersed with 1.0 mL dichloromethane first, then extracted with 25 mL 0.02 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution (pH 3.0). The sample solution was centrifuged with a speed of 12,000 r/min, then filtered through a 0.22 µm syringe filter. The filtrate was analyzed on a column of YMC-Triart C18 (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) using 0.02 mol/L potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution (pH 3.0) and methanol as mobile phases with a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The temperature of the column was 25 °C and the detection wavelength was 250 nm. The standard working curves of the four analytes had good linear relationship (r2>0.9999). The detection limits of the four analytes were 0.04-0.08 g/kg (S/N=10). The recoveries were 95.6%-101.0% with the relative standard deviations of 0.62%-3.0% at the spiked levels of 0.25-5.0 g/kg. This method is a simple, rapid, exact and reliable for the determination of the contents of vitamin C and its derivatives in cosmetics.

[Determination of 25 quinolones in cosmetics by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry].

An analytical method was developed for the simultaneous determination of 25 quinolones, including danofloxacin mesylate, enrofloxacin, flumequine, oxloinic acid, ciprofloxacin, sarafloxacin, nalidixic acid, norfloxacin, and ofloxacin etc in cosmetics using direct extraction and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). Cosmetic sample was extracted by acidified acetonitrile, defatted by n-hexane and separated on Poroshell EC-C18 column with gradient elution program using acetonitrile and water (both containing 0. 1% formic acid) as the mobile phases and analyzed by LC-ESI-MS/MS under the positive mode using multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The interference of matrix was reduced by the matrix-matched calibration standard curve. The method showed good linearities over the range of 1-200 mg/kg for the 25 quinolones with good linear correlation coefficients (r ≥ 0.999). The method detection limit of the 25 quinolones was 1.0 mg/kg, and the recoveries of all analytes in lotion, milky and cream cosmetics matrices ranged from 87.4% to 105% at the spiked levels of 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg with the relative standard deviations (RSD) of 4.54%-19.7% (n = 6). The results indicated that this method is simple, fast and credible, and suitable for the simultaneous determination of the quinolones in the above three types of cosmetics.