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A Amato

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Identification of cosmetic dyes by ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography.

A method based on ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with detection at four wavelengths between 400 and 600 nm is reported for the separation and identification of the most common synthetic colour additives in cosmetic products. All the dyes generally employed in the U.S.A. and almost all those in current use in cosmetics in the European Community have been taken into account. The chromatography was performed on a C8 bonded silica packed column, with a 60-min gradient changing from 10 to 95% acetonitrile in water containing 10(-2) M sodium perchlorate (pH 3.0) as mobile phase (flow-rate 2.5 ml/min). Detection limits are in the range 20-100 ng for all dyes investigated. The method has been applied to the analysis of commercial lipsticks.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Kininase I, kininase II and aminopeptidase levels in patients with gastrointestinal tumors.

Some indices of the kallikrein kinin system, namely kininase I (KI), kininase II or angiotensin converting enzyme (KII-ACE) and phenylalanine-arginine aminopeptidase (AP) were analyzed, to detect their levels in ten selected normal subjects and in 20 selected patients with colonic (n = 8) and gastric adenocarcinoma (n = 12). While AP and KI levels did not show differences in the groups under analysis, KII values showed a significant difference (P +/- 0.01), present since the early stages of the diseases and unrelated to the normal laboratory indices.

Adenocarcinoma↗