%0 Journal Article %T Determination of methylparaben in some cosmetics and pharmaceutics using liquid-liquid extraction and spectrophotometric technique %J Asian Journal of Green Chemistry %I Sami Publishing Company %Z 2588-5839 %A Farag Ambarak, Mariam %D 2020 %\ 04/01/2020 %V 4 %N 2 %P 192-201 %! Determination of methylparaben in some cosmetics and pharmaceutics using liquid-liquid extraction and spectrophotometric technique %K parabens %K pharmaceutics %K Cosmetics %K liquid-liquid extraction %R 10.22034/AJGC/2020.2.7 %X Parabens are compounds often added to cosmetics and pharmaceutics as preservatives for fungi and bacterial growth, but, recent studies have linked these compounds to several adverse side-effects such as cancer, miscarriage and infertility. The extraction of methyl paraben from (hand cream, body lotion, blusher, body cream, and bath foam) was studied using liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate as a solvent, and double beam UV-spectrophotometer at wave length 282 nm. Calibrations are linear (correlation coefficient r>0.997) and the limit of detection was 2.358 μg/mL The concentrations of methyl paraben for the selected cosmetic samples were ranged from 0.077% to 0.451%. %U https://www.ajgreenchem.com/article_89971_78500167eda26c5c8b751b41a3509928.pdf