Conductometric determination of N-acetylcysteine in pharmaceutical formulations using copper(II) sulphate as titrant

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 3264-3271

  Janegitz, Bruno Campos ^a   Suarez, Willian Toito ^a   Fatibello Filho, Orlando ^a   Marcolino Jr , Luiz Humberto ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conductometry; Copper(II); N acetylcysteine; Titration

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349144581     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802507554     Document Type: Article

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