Survey of chemical substances in kohl and henna products

Table 1. Kohl products, Inorganic analysis – screening analyses

Ana-
lyte
Name DL
µg/g
%RSD Sample no.: 31341-
25 30 31 33 35 42 43 49 51
µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g µg/g
Li Lithium 0.5 4.6% - - - 41 29 79 - 80 16
Be Beryllium 1 14% - - - - - - - - -
B Boron 5 4.6% 12 - - - - - - - 5.8
Na Sodium 1 1.9% 83 160 99 48 46 110 170 86 140
Mg Magnesium 1 1.7% 7200 330 7500 3200 860 2800 340 2100 230
Al Aluminium 1 4.7% 470 14 53 270 1700 1800 30 360 4100
Si Silicon 10 6.3% 580 53 180 700 1300 1000 1100 1000 1600
K Potassium 5 2.8% 140 1700 5.5 24 850 850 2400 40 2100
Ca Calcium 5 2.8% 360 22 230 270 52 210 51 320 83
Sc Scandium 0.5 4.1% - - - - 0.78 0.61 0.52 - 0.99
Ti Titanium 0.5 6.5% 110 10 0.93 3.5 18 140 20 3.3 120
V Vanadium 0.5 4.4% - - - - - - - - -
Cr Chromium 0.5 2.2% 2.1 0.82 0.59 3.8 18 5.4 0.80 1.3 2.7
Mn Manganese 0.1 0.99% 350 280 530 240 200 260 320 390 360
Fe Iron 10 8.2% 160000 160000 180000 120000 120000 140000 180000 150000 63000
Co Cobalt 0.1 5.6% 29 32 51 24 12 25 38 3.7 1.7
Ni Nickel 0.5 4.4% 32 34 56 26 31 26 40 14 8.2
Cu Copper 0.1 3.6% 1.4 0.98 0.79 3.0 1.5 5.3 0.73 3.1 1.4
Zn Zinc 0.5 6.8% 10 17 13 14 17 35 22 11 8.1
Ga Gallium 0.1 8.0% 0.16 - - 0.15 0.75 0.84 - 0.16 1.8
As Arsenic 1 17% - - - - - - - - -
Se Selenium 1 29% - - - - - - - - -
Rb Rubidium 0.1 2.9% - 0.15 - 0.13 9.2 11 0.28 0.37 24
Sr Strontium 0.1 2.1% 1.8 0.23 2.0 4.0 0.65 6.7 0.25 4.6 0.78
Y Yttrium 0.1 2.4% 0.16 - - - 0.41 - - - -
Zr Zirconium 0.1 11% 6.5 - - 0.11 14 1.1 - 0.23 -
Nb Niobium 0.1 3.1% - - - - 0.62 - - - -
Mo Molybdenum 0.1 4.9% - - - 0.23 0.38 - - - -
Ru Ruthenium 0.1 - - - - - - - - - -
Pd Palladium 0.1 - - - - - - - - - -
Ag Silver 0.1 1.8% - - - - - - - - 0.12
Cd Cadmium 0.05 12% - - - - - - - - -
In Indium 0.05 19% - - - - - - - - -
Sn Tin 0.5 4.8% - - - - 0.59 0.97 1.2 - 1.9
Sb Antimony 0.05 6.0% - - - - 0.11 - - - -
Te Tellurium 0.1 30% - - - - - - - - -
Cs Cesium 0.1 5.3% - - - - 0.88 1.0 - 0.13 1.9
Ba Barium 0.1 4.8% 1.6 1.1 0.93 1.4 2.7 6.7 1.1 0.72 13
La Lanthanum 0.05 2.1% 0.14 - - 0.05 0.13 0.08 - 0.07 -
Ce Cerium 0.05 3.1% 0.26 - - 0.16 0.27 0.22 - 0.24 0.08
Pr Praseodymium 0.05 2.5% - - - - - - - - -
Nd Neodymium 0.05 2.3% 0.13 - - 0.05 0.16 0.06 - 0.08 -
Sm Samarium 0.05 11% - - - - - - - - -
Eu Europium 0.05 10% - - - - - - - - -
Gd Gadolinum 0.05 10% - - - - - - - - -
Tb Terbium 0.05 3.6% - - - - - - - - -
Dy Dysprosium 0.05 3.6% - - - - 0.05 - - - -
Ho Holmium 0.05 5% - - - - - - - - -
Er Erbium 0.05 4.9% - - - - - - - - -
Tm Thulium 0.05 7.3% - - - - - - - - -
Yb Ytterbium 0.05 7.1% - - - - - - - - -
Lu Lutetium 0.05 5.5% - - - - - - - - -
Hf Hafnium 0.05 8.7% 0.1 - - - 0.18 - - - -
Ta Tantalum 0.05 16% - - - - - - - - -
W Tungsten 0.05 20% - - - - - - - - -
Os Osmium 0.05 - - - - - - - - - -
Ir Iridium 0.05 - - - - - - - - - -
Pt Platinum 0.05 - - - - - - - - - -
Au Gold 0.05 - - - - - - - - - -
Hg Mercury 0.5 - - - - - - - - - -
Tl Thallium 0.05 11% - - - - 0.06 - - - 0.09
Pb Lead 0.05 4.1% 0.26 0.28 0.13 0.08 0.88 0.74 0.41 0.13 0.90
Bi Bismuth 0.05 9.6% - - - - 0.2 - - 0.22 > meas*
Th Thorium 0.05 5.5% 0.08 - - - - - - 0.09 -
U Uranium 0.5 - - - - - - - - - -

*> meas: Detector overload, cf quantitative result in table 3

 



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