ArticleScientific reports2023
Quality assessment of hydroquinone, mercury, and arsenic in skin-lightening cosmetics marketed in Ilorin, Nigeria.
Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Aging and Herbal Interventions: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Potential.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Pooled it
- Lab-on-a-tip platform with cotton matrices for colorimetric detection of carmine in lipsticks.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Fe/Mo-doped carbon dots as a bifunctional nanozyme for self-validating colorimetric and fluorometric sensing of hydroquinone.Mikrochimica acta · 2026Article
- Project CLEAR (ChemicaL Exposure and Awareness Research): A protocol for assessing the availability and chemical composition of skin-lightening products in Northern Manhattan.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Advancements of paper-based microfluidics and organ-on-a-chip models in cosmetics hazards.RSC advances · 2025Review
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- Health risks from heavy metals in cosmetic products available in the online consumer market.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Literature review of the potential harm and mechanisms of mercury poisoning related to cosmetics.American journal of translational research · 2024Review
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Abstract
Hydroquinone, Mercury (Hg), and Arsenic (As) are hazardous to health upon long-term exposure. Hydroquinone, Hg, and As were analysed in skin-lightening cosmetics randomly purchased from different cosmetic outlets within the Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. The amount of hydroquinone in the samples was determined using a UV-spectrophotometry method at 290 nm. Hg and As were quantified using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). UV-spectrophotometry method validation showed excellent linearity (r
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