Antioxidant study of skin creams after expiry date by using HPLC

Abstract

Skin aging is natural physical process, yet the majority of the people would like to look younger for a longer period of time. To give skin, a younger looking appearance, people often undergo many varied skin treatments. Among them, anti-aging creams, are considered as a good option among consumers who want to delay aging. Many anti-aging creams claim that they have the properties needed that help nourish skin and can help prevent or repair fine lines and wrinkles that ultimately gives the user a younger-looking skin appearance. α-tocopherol acetate is a popular antioxidant incorporated in synthetic as well as herbal skin creams. HPLC is an efficient method to find the concentration of α-tocopherol acetate in cosmetic creams. In this paper HPLC method has been used to calculate the concentration of α-tocopherol acetate in expired anti-aging creams; and results were found to be satisfactory.