Determination of Hydroquinone in Some Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Preparations by Spectrophotometric Method
Abstract: In This study thirteen skin lighting creams are available in Libyan markets in Benghazi and Pharmaceutical Preparations were used to determine the content of hydroquinone by A rapid and simple UV spectrophotometric procedures. The labels on the packages noticeably did not show the content of hydroquinone. All samples were analysed by a UV spectrophotometer, Beers law was obeyed in the range of 10- 40 g/ml at 290nm using 0.05M H2SO4 as solvent with linear regression coefficient of 0.9994. The results showed the concentration of hydroquinone in all cosmetic samples ranged from 0.008 % to 0.210 %. The effect of time has been studied.
Keywords: hydroquinone, spectrophotometry, pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations
How to Cite?: Hawaa S. Elferjani, Najw H. S. Ahmida, Aziza Ahmida, "Determination of Hydroquinone in Some Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Preparations by Spectrophotometric Method", Volume 6 Issue 7, July 2017, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 2219-2224, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=ART20175678, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/ART20175678