Voltammetric analysis of sun-block preparations containing octocrylene and its association with 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone and octyl methoxycinnamate

Abstract

In this work, an adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetric method based on square wave voltammetry (SWV) was developed for determination of the sunscreen agent octocrylene (OCR) individually and simultaneously with 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (BENZO-3) and octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC). All voltammetric experiments were conducted in a mixture 0.04molL−1 BR buffer: ethanol (80:20, v:v) using a hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) as working electrode. The proposed method could be successfully used to analyze commercial sun-block preparations containing OCR alone and combined with BENZO-3 and OMC. For all analyzed samples, the voltammetric method has allowed fast, simple and reliable determination of these sunscreen agents with minimal sample pre-treatment requirements.