Counterfeit Cialis and Viagra fingerprinting by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy with chemometry: Can the same pharmaceutical powder mixture be used to falsify two medicines?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 282-289

  Ortiz, Rafael S ^a,b   Mariotti, Kristiane de Cássia ^b   Fank, Bruna ^a   Limberger, Renata P ^b   Anzanello, Michel J ^b   Mayorga, Paulo ^b  

^a Brazilian Federal Police   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflectance; Chemical profile; Counterfeit medicines; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COUNTERFEIT DRUG; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMOMETRICS; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POWDER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET;

EID: 84875596793     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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