Identification of Rhodamine B in Food Products and Cosmetics Circulated in Bandung
Abstract
Rhodamine B is a colouring agent for paint industry, textile and paper. It causes irritation at respiration systems and has a carcinogenic effect. At high concentration rhodamine B causes liver damages. Nowadays, it has been reported being added into cosmetics and food product such as lipstick, eye shadow, rouge, food paste, and kerupuk. This research was conducted to determine rhodamine B in the products by using HPLC and spectrophotometry UV-Vis. It was done through sample collection, sample preparation, validation of analytical method, and analysis of rhodamine B using HPLC and spectrophotometry UV-Vis. The results of HPLC and spectrophotometry UV-Vis showed that four samples of kerupuk (57,14%) and four samples of food paste (50%) contained rhodamine B. However, rhodamine B was not found in cosmetics. The results showed the urgency of fast methods to identify rhodamine, thus its content in food products is carefully controlled.
References
2. Departemen Kesehatan Republik Indonesia. Perubahan lampiran peraturan Menteri Kesehatan Nomor: 239/Menkes/Per/V/85 tentang zat warna tertentu yang dinyatakan sebagai bahan berbahaya. Jakarta: Direktur Jenderal Pengawasan Obat Dan Makanan; 1994.
3. Hidayati CSD. Bahan tambahan pangan. Yogyakarta: Kanisius; 2006. 51.
4. Syah, et al. Manfaat dan bahaya bahan tambahan pangan. Bogor: Himpunan Alumni Fakultas Teknologi Pertanian IPB; 2005. 4.
5. Departemen Kesehatan Republik Indonesia. Peraturan Menteri Kesehatan (Permenkes) No.239/Menkes/Per/V/85. Jakarta: Direktur Jenderal Pengawasan Obat Dan Makanan; 1992.
6. Siswati P. Uji toksisitas zat warna rhodamine terhadap jaringan hati mencit (Mus musculus) galur Australia. diambil dari: URL:http://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl.php?mod=browse&op=read&id=jbptitbpp-gdl-s2-2000-pipihsiswa-1841. diakses 20 Juni, 2011.
7. Pohanish R. Sittig’s handbook of toxic and hazardous chemicals and carcinogens. USA: Elsevier; 2008. 12.
8. Cahyadi W. Analisis Dan Aspek Kesehatan Bahan Tambahan Pangan. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara; 2005. 102-6.
9. Kompas. 2011. Jajanan di Sekolah Rawan Zat Berbahaya. diambil dari URL:http://health.kompas.com/index.php/read/2011/03/02/10150018/Jajanan.di.Sekolah.Rawan.Zat.Berbahaya. diakses 5 Desember, 2011.
10. Aldrich. Aldrich chemical catalogue. Milwaukee: Aldrich Chemical Company; 1992. 112.
11. Harmita. Petunjuk Pelaksanaan Validasi Metode dan Cara Perhitungannya. Majalah Ilmu Kefarmasian. 2004. 1(3):117-33.
12. Harmita. Analisis Kuantitatif Bahan Baku dan Sediaan Farmasi. Jakarta : Departemen Farmasi FMIPA UI; 2006. 57, 139, 151, 158-62, 165-6.
Licence
Copyright @2017. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial used, distribution and reproduction in any medium
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.