Fingerprinting of sildenafil citrate and tadalafil tablets in pharmaceutical formulations via X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-11

  Ortiz, Rafael S ^a,b   Mariotti, Kristiane C ^b   Schwab, Nicolas V ^c   Sabin, Guilherme P ^c   Rocha, Werickson F C ^d   de Castro, Eustáquio V R ^e   Limberger, Renata P ^b   Mayorga, Paulo ^b   Bueno, Maria Izabel M S ^c   Romão, Wanderson ^e  

^a Brazilian Federal Police   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE METROLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cialis; Counterfeiting; PCA; Viagra; XRF

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; IRON OXIDE; LAZAR; LIBIDEN; MAXFIL; PLENOVIT; POTENT 75; PRAMIL; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; V-50; VIMAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BRAZIL; CARBOLINES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 5 INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURINES; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SULFONES; TABLETS;

EID: 80255127341     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: 1873264X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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