SURVEI TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN KEAMANAN KOSMETIK DAN ANALISIS KUALITATIF HIDROKUINON DAN MERKURI

• Main Author: Wijaya, Irka
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/45214
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Cosmetics, which are used frequently by society, have to be free from hazard ingredients. NADFC stated that mercury and hydroquinone are prohibited to be used in Indonesia. Knowledge of comestic’s safety are still limited. Therefore, this study was aimed to compare people’s knowledge about harmful ingredients in cosmetics in 300 respondents, which are divided by 100 students of School of Pharmacy ITB (SP), society, and consumers of beauty clinics by questionnaire and chi square method. Further, identification of hydroquinone and mercury was carried out in cosmetics. Parameters that used to compare knowledge’s level are name and function of mercury, name and function of hydroquinone, and how to differentiate hazard ingredients in cosmetic. Students of SP obtained the highest score in name (95%) and it’s function (57%). Society and clinic consumers revealed in a level of mercury in 70 and 60 %, respectively. In amount of 28 and 31 % know it’s function. About 37% and 25% of students and clinic consumers had aware of hydroquinone, 22 and 15 % acknowledge it’s function. About 39 % and 31 % stated that they could differentiate if the cosmetics are harmful/not. In the lowest position, society showed 3% of respondents aware of hydroquinone, 2% know it’s function, and 18% could differentiate the cosmetics. Hydroquinone qualitative analysis was performed using thin layer chromatography eluted with n-hexane and acetone. Meanwhile, mercury testing using a color reaction with diphenylcarbazon. Cosmetic samples tested consisted of 10 samples of cosmetics that are most frequently used based on questionnaire and four random samples of cosmetics purchased in the market. Based on the results of questionnaires and random, there is no samples containing hydroquinone. However 10% sample results of the questionnaire and 50% of random sample of cosmetics contained mercury.