With the increasing number of cosmetic products, their flavor and fragrance components are receiving greater and greater attention. Establishing an analytical method of determining these components in cosmetics is one of the most effective measures to eliminate consumers' concerns. In this study, a method for the simultaneous determination of 28 fragrance residues in cosmetics by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) was developed. The samples were extracted using methanol and those containing more oil and grease were purified using a neutral alumina solid-phase extraction column, whereas those with more complex compositions were purified by QuEChERS. The analytes in the samples were measured by GC-MS/MS, characterized using their retention times and characteristic ion pairs, and quantified with an external standard. The respective limits of detection (LODs, S/N=3) and quantification (LOQs, S/N>10) of the compounds were in the ranges 2-20 and 5-50 μg/kg. The linearities of the concentration curves of the 28 substances were good in the ranges 1-100, 2-200, 4-200, and 10-1000 μg/L, and the correlation coefficients of the quantitative ion pairs were >0.999. Twenty-eight fragrances were added to blank samples at spiked levels of 50-500 μg/kg, and the recoveries ranged from 71.3% to 120.4%, with RSDs of 1.5%-14.6%. The method could be applied in the determination of fragrances in cosmetics because it was simple, sensitive, and stable and could effectively exclude the interferences of complex matrices. The method was used to determine the fragrance components in 16 cosmetic products, and some fragrance components were detected in 12 samples. Increased attention should be paid to the safeties of fragrances and flavors used in cosmetics.
随着化妆品种类的日益增多,化妆品中的香精香料成分受到了越来越多人的关注,建立化妆品中香精香料成分的分析测定方法是消除人们担忧最有效的措施之一。该研究建立了气相色谱-串联质谱(GC-MS/MS)同时测定化妆品中28种香料残留的方法。样品由甲醇提取,含油脂较多的经中性氧化铝固相萃取小柱净化,色素多、基质复杂的由QuEChERS净化,待测物采用GC-MS/MS测定,以保留时间和特征离子对定性,外标法定量。实验结果表明,分析物质的检出限(S/N=3)为2~20 μg/kg,定量限(S/N>10)为5~50 μg/kg。28种物质分别在1~100、2~200、4~200、10~1000 μg/L范围内线性关系良好,分析物质的线性相关系数(r2)>0.999。在空白样品中添加28种香料,添加水平为50~500 μg/kg时,回收率范围为71.3%~120.4%, RSD范围为1.5%~14.6%。该方法可对28种香料成分进行准确测定,不但可以有效排除复杂基体的干扰,而且简单、灵敏、稳定,能够很好地应用于化妆品中香料的含量测定。通过该方法对16种化妆品中的香精香料成分进行测定,发现12种化妆品中均检出相关香料成分,说明化妆品中的香精香料安全应引起重视。
Keywords: cosmetics; fragrances; gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).