Review on Quantification of Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbon (MOAH) from Cosmetics by Analytical Method

Abstract

Mineral oils which consists mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH), which are largely applied in various consumer products like medicines cosmetics etc. MOAH which is potential public health hazard because it include carcinogenic polycyclic compounds. There is a rapid method for quantifying MOAH by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H qNMR) in anhydrous cosmetics. The 1H qNMR method is a good complement to the LC-GC-FID method. Another method is a simple and fast developed that uses columns packed with silver-modified silica in supercritical fluid chromatography with flame ionization and UV detection (SFC-FID/UV) for the determination of mineral oil saturated hydrocarbons (MOSH) and also mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) in purified mineral oil samples. Another method which is based on gas chromatography with vacuum ultraviolet detection (GC-VUV) and relies on the spectral differences between the aliphatic and aromatic compounds in the sample. The detector provides a good selectivity for aromatics, direct quantification of the MOAH content is possible without the need for a laborious pre-separation of the mineral oil. GC-VUV method good sensitive for the analysis of all but gives highest purity mineral oils.