色谱 ›› 2024, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (12): 1153-1163.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1123.2024.03011

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定化妆品中100种糖皮质激素

沈丹丹1, 宫珊珊1, 姜博海1, 李悦忱1, 薛恒跃1, 于本涛1, 柯亦梵2, 李志远3, 毛希琴1,*()   

  1. 1.大连市药品检验检测院, 辽宁 大连 116021
    2.东疆海事局, 天津 300461
    3.上海爱博才思分析仪器贸易有限公司, 北京 100015
  • 收稿日期:2024-03-20 出版日期:2024-12-08 发布日期:2024-12-09
  • 通讯作者: *Tel:(0411)84255288,E-mail:maoxiqin@sina.com.
  • 基金资助:
    大连市标准化资助奖励基金(2020年)

Simultaneous determination of 100 glucocorticoids in cosmetics using ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

SHEN Dandan1, GONG Shanshan1, JIANG Bohai1, LI Yuechen1, XUE Hengyue1, YU Bentao1, KE Yifan2, LI Zhiyuan3, MAO Xiqin1,*()   

  1. 1. Dalian Institute for Drug Control, Dalian 116021, China
    2. Dongjiang Maritime Safety Administration, Tianjin 300461, China
    3. Shanghai AB Sciex Analytical Instrument Trading Co., Ltd., Beijing 100015, China
  • Received:2024-03-20 Online:2024-12-08 Published:2024-12-09
  • Supported by:
    Dalian Municipal Government Support Award Fund for Standardization (2020)

摘要:

我国《化妆品安全技术规范》(2015年版)规定糖皮质激素为化妆品中禁用原料。本论文建立了超高效液相色谱-串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)同时检测化妆品中100种非法添加糖皮质激素的分析方法,涵盖了现行国家标准GB/T 24800.2-2009、GB/T 40145-2021和《化妆品安全技术规范》(2015年版)中列出的58种糖皮质激素,以及42种新型糖皮质激素,其中包含2种迄今未见文献报道的糖皮质激素美替诺龙醋酸酯和地塞米松9,11-环氧。样品用含0.2%(v/v)乙酸的饱和氯化钠溶液分散,用含0.2%(v/v)乙酸的乙腈提取,向乙腈提取液中加入等体积水析出非极性杂质,再加入10%(质量分数)亚铁氰化钾溶液和20%(质量分数)乙酸锌溶液(含0.4%(v/v)乙酸)作为沉淀剂进一步净化,选用Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18色谱柱(150 mm×3.0 mm, 1.7 μm)进行色谱分离,以0.2%(v/v)乙酸水溶液-0.2%(v/v)乙酸甲醇溶液为流动相梯度洗脱。在电喷雾正离子模式下以动态多反应监测方式(MRM)测定,外标法定量。以MRM-信息依赖采集-增强子离子扫描模式(MRM-IDA-EPI)得到的增强子离子质谱图(EPI)进行阳性样品确证。结果显示:100种糖皮质激素在2.5~60 ng/mL范围内具有良好的线性关系,相关系数均大于0.99,除环索奈德在膏霜乳基质中出现基质抑制效应以外,其余99种糖皮质激素均无明显的基质效应。所有目标物的方法检出限和定量限分别为0.03 μg/g和0.1 μg/g。在3个不同的添加水平下(1倍、2倍和8倍定量限),水基质中目标化合物的回收率为79.6%~114.4%, RSD为0.7%~9.4%(n=6),膏霜乳基质中目标化合物的回收率为79.5%~112.1%, RSD为0.7%~12.9%(n=6)。筛查了47种实际样品,在3个阳性样品中检出了5种糖皮质激素,并用MRM-IDA-EPI进行了确证。本检测方法操作简便、高效,适用于化妆品中100种糖皮质激素的快速筛查和测定,可填补化妆品中糖皮质激素的监管空白,为化妆品的质量监管提供了有力的技术手段。

关键词: 超高效液相色谱-串联质谱, 糖皮质激素, 化妆品, 非法添加

Abstract:

Adding glucocorticoids to cosmetics is strictly prohibited under Safety and Technical Specification for Cosmetics (2015) regulations. Accordingly, a method for simultaneously determining 100 glucocorticoids in cosmetics using ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) was developed. Apart from the 58 glucocorticoids listed in the two current national standards (GB/T 24800.2-2009 and GB/T 40145-2021) and the Safety and Technical Specification for Cosmetics (2015) regulations, 42 new glucocorticoids, including unreported metenolone acetate and dexamethasone 9,11-epoxide, were included in this method. Samples were dispersed in saturated sodium chloride containing 0.2% (v/v) acetic acid, and extracted with acetonitrile containing 0.2%(v/v) acetic acid. After that, an equal volume of water was added to the acetonitrile extraction solution to precipitate non-polar impurities. The solution was subsequently further purified using 10%(mass fraction) potassium ferrocyanide solution and 20%(mass fraction) zinc acetate solution containing 0.4% (v/v) acetic acid as precipitants. The sample solution was finally loaded onto a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (150 mm×3.0 mm, 1.7 μm) and gradient-eluted using aqueous and methanolic 0.2% (v/v) acetic acid solutions as mobile phases. The target compounds exhibited highly intense signals in positive electrospray-ionization mode. All compounds were analyzed in multiple reaction monitoring mode (MRM) and quantified using the external standard method. Rimexolone and hydrocortisone hemisuccinate hydrate exhibited peaks corresponding to their [M-H2O+H]+ base ions, whereas the other 98 glucocorticoids exhibited [M+H]+ peaks. All positive samples were confirmed by their automated MRM-based information dependent acquisition (IDA) enhanced product ions (EPIs). Highly sensitive secondary mass spectra were acquired when EPI mode was combined with IDA and when target compounds in positive samples were located in MRM mode, with compounds further confirmed by matching their secondary mass spectra with those of the corresponding standard glycocorticoids using the Library Search function in SCIEX OS software.

Matrix effects (MEs) were investigated in water- and cream-based cosmetics by adding standard compounds to the extracted-matrix solutions. Ciclesonide exhibited no obvious matrix effect with a ME of 3.4% in the water-based matrix whereas it exhibited a serious inhibitory effect with a ME of 30.6% in the cream-based matrix. The remaining 99 target compounds exhibited MEs of -7.9%-12.4%, which are not significant because they are below 15%, further confirming that the sample-pretreatment method is effective and feasible. Therefore, ciclesonide in a cream-based matrix was quantified using a matrix-matched standard curve, while the others were quantified using solvent standard curves. The 100 glucocorticoids exhibited good linearities with correlation coefficients (r) of >0.99 in the range of 2.5-60 ng/mL. The limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantification (LOQs) of this method were 0.03 and 0.1 μg/g, respectively. Recovery tests were performed at three spiked levels, namely one-, two-, and eight-times the LOQs. The 100 compounds exhibited recoveries of 79.6%-114.4% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 0.7%-9.4% (n=6) in water-based cosmetics; in comparison, they exhibited recoveries of 79.5%-112.1% with RSDs of 0.7%-12.9% (n=6) in cream-based cosmetics. Three cream-based positive samples were identified among 47 batches of cosmetics samples (including 25 batches of cream and lotion-based cosmetics, and 22 batches of water-based cosmetics), with quantitative analysis revealing five positive compounds: triamcinolone acetonide (115.1 μg/g), triamcinolone acetonide 21-acetate (0.6 μg/g), clobetasol propionate (24.5 μg/g), dexamethasone (2.7 μg/g), and dexamethasone-17-acetate (210.3 μg/g). These five compounds were further confirmed using MRM-IDA-EPI. The secondary mass spectra of the five compounds showed high matching degrees (>96%) with those of the corresponding standard glucocorticoids in the library database.

In conclusion, the method developed in this study is simple, practical, inexpensive, highly efficient, and suitable for qualitatively and quantitatively screening and analyzing 100 glucocorticoids in cosmetics, thereby filling supervisory gaps and greatly improving the detectability of glucocorticoids illegally added to cosmetics.

Key words: ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), glucocorticoid, cosmetic, illegally added

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