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The quality control of some dermo-cosmetic products Cover

The quality control of some dermo-cosmetic products

Open Access
|Dec 2014

Abstract

This paper refers to the quality analysis of three dermo-cosmetic products: two face creams and a biphasic solution used for skin cleaning: a treatment cream for acne complexion, an anti-irritating soothing cream and a matifying purifying lotion. The following characteristics have been investigated: aspect, smell, colour, solubility, type of emulsion, stability test at certain temperatures (4°C and 40°C), pH, melting point, water, volatile substances and total fats contents, acidity, ester index, saponification index, iodine index, peroxide index, microbic carriage, metal traces (determined by ICP-MS method). All analysed dermo-cosmetic products have appropriate physico-chemical characteristics. The analyses made for determining the microbial charge have proven that the three dermo-cosmetic products do not contain any aerobic pathogen germens or micromicetes, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia Coli. The ICP-MS analysis has proven that the dermocosmetic products do not contain traces of Hg and Pb.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2014-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2286-038X | Journal ISSN: 1583-2430
Language: English
Page range: 85 - 90
Submitted on: Oct 11, 2014
Published on: Dec 20, 2014
Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
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© 2014 Viorica Popescu, Alina Soceanu, Simona Dobrinas, published by Ovidius University of Constanta
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