Quantification of para‐phenylenediamine and heavy metals in henna dye

@article{Kang2006QuantificationOP,
  title={Quantification of para‐phenylenediamine and heavy metals in henna dye},
  author={Ik-Joon Kang and Mu-Hyoung Lee},
  journal={Contact Dermatitis},
  year={2006},
  volume={55},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22176978}
}
This work examined 15 henna samples available in Korea for the presence of para‐phenylenediamine (PPD) and heavy metals such as nickel, cobalt, chromium, lead and mercury using high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), mercury analyser and inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopic.
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