Identification and spectrophometric determination of hydroquinone levels in some cosmetic creams

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 231-234

  Odumosu, P O ^a   Ekwe, T O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Hydroquinone; Spectrophotometric analysis

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HYDROQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLOR; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PACKAGING; HEALTH HAZARD; NIGERIA; RANDOM SAMPLE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77954668901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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