Fourier transform infrared and near-infrared spectroscopic methods for the detection of toxic Diethylene Glycol (DEG) contaminant in glycerin based cough syrup

Spectroscopy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 601-608

  Ahmed, Khalique M ^a   McLeod, Michael P ^b   Nézivar, Jean ^a   Giuliani, Allison W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contaminant; cough syrup; detection; diethylene glycol; Infrared spectroscopy; near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

C-O STRETCHING; CONTAMINANT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST EFFECTIVE; COUGH SYRUP; DETECTION; DEVASTATING EFFECTS; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FT-IR SPECTRUM; FUNDAMENTAL VIBRATIONS; NEAR INFRA RED; NIR SPECTRUM; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES; PROOF METHODS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; VIBRATIONAL MODES;

CONTAMINATION; GLYCEROL; GLYCOLS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEXTILES;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCEROL; GUAIFENESIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRETCHING; SYRUP; VIBRATION;

EID: 78650435596     PISSN: 07124813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SPE-2010-0482     Document Type: Article

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