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Determination of tacrolimus and pimecrolimus illegally added in cosmetics by HPLC-MS/MS

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  • 1. NMPA Key Laboratory for Quality Control of Cosmetics Raw Material, Shandong Institute for Food and Drug Control, Jinan 250101, China;
    2. National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Beijing 100050, China

Revised date: 2023-09-12

  Online published: 2024-06-21

Abstract

Objective: To establish a method for the determination of tacrolimus and pimeclimus in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography with a triple quadruple tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS), and was used to high-throughput screening for illegally added ingredients in cosmetics by high performance liquid chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (HPLC-Q TOF MS/MS). Methods: Through high-throughput screening of the initial risk assessment of children’s cosmetics sold in markets by HPLC-Q TOF MS/MS, a batch of tacrolimus positive children’s cosmetics was identified, and then a method was established for qualitative and quantitative determination by HPLC-MS/MS. After the optimization of chromatographic analysis conditions, the gradient elution was performed on a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column at 45 ℃, which were used an aqueous solution (containing 17.5 mmol·L-1 acetic acid -5 mmol·L-1 ammonium acetate) and a methanol solution (containing 17.5 mmol·L-1 acetic acid-5 mmol·L-1 ammonium acetate) as mobile phases at the flow rate of 0.3 mL·min-1. The analytes were scanned by HPLC-MS/MS in positive ion multiple reaction monitoring mode. Results: There was a good linear relationship between Tacrolimus and pimecrolimus in the concentration range of 0.5-50 ng·mL-1.The limits of detection were 10 ng·g-1and the limits of quantification concentration were 25 ng·g-1. The spiked recoveries of each concentration level were good, which ranged from 93.1% to 110.7% in the four respective matrices, such as cream, emulsion, water and oil. Tacrolimus was detected in 1 batch of children’s cosmeticsat 2.8 mg·kg-1. Conclusion: This method makes up for the lack of test methods for tacrolimus and pimecrolimus illegally addition in cosmetics, and provides technical supports for the daily supervision in cosmetics.

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NIU Shui-jiao, YU Hai-ying, DONG Ya-lei, WANG Hai-yan, LIU Hui-xiang, SUN Lei, LI Qi-yan . Determination of tacrolimus and pimecrolimus illegally added in cosmetics by HPLC-MS/MS[J]. Chinese Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2023 , 43(10) : 1759 -1765 . DOI: 10.16155/j.0254-1793.2023.10.14

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