20Mar 2017

QUANTITAIVE ESTIMATION OF HYDROQUINONE IN FOUR COSMETICS SAMPLES FROM LOCAL MARKET OF SANGAMNER TEHSIL, DISTRICT AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.), INDIA.

  • S. N. Arts, D. J. M. Commerce & B.N.S Science College, Sangamner-422 605 India.
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Hydroquinone has been used for decades as a skin lightening agent. However the use of excessive concentration of hydroquinone in cosmetics poses skin problems hence was banned. Four cosmetics samples were sampled from the local market of Sangamner Tehsil, District Ahmednagar (M.S.), India. The labels on the packages did not indicate the presence of hydroquinone. Hydroquinone can be quantitatively oxidised using mild solution of H2O2 in presence of catalytic amount of Fe+3 and the quinone is quantitatively estimated using Systronics Visible Double Beam Spectrophotometer Model-1203 at 363 nm. The samples are found to contain 0.08641% to 0.11666% w/w hydroquinone and are said to be safe.

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[Bharati Kiran Tukaram, Gujarathi Dipak Bansilal, Deshmukh Sanjay Sugandhrao, Sinare Sachin Ramchandra and Gaikwad Rupali Kisan. (2017); QUANTITAIVE ESTIMATION OF HYDROQUINONE IN FOUR COSMETICS SAMPLES FROM LOCAL MARKET OF SANGAMNER TEHSIL, DISTRICT AHMEDNAGAR (M.S.), INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Mar). 274-276] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Bharati Kiran Tukaram
S.N.Arts, D.J.M. Commerce and B.N.S.Science College , Sangamner

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3513      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3513

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