Profiling counterfeit Cialis, Viagra and analogs by UPLC-MS

Forensic Science International

Volumn 229, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Ortiz, Rafael S ^a,b   Mariotti, Kristiane de Cássia ^b   Holzschuh, Maribete H ^b   Romaõ, Wanderson ^c   Limberger, Renata P ^b   Mayorga, Paulo ^b  

^a Brazilian Federal Police   (Brazil)

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

^c Science and Tecnology of Espi'rito Santo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical profile; Cialis1 ; Counterfeit medicines; Mass spectrometry; Ultra performance liquid chromatography; Viagra1

Indexed keywords

COUNTERFEIT DRUG; LAZAR; LIBIDEN; MAXFIL; METHANOL; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLENOVIT; POTENT 75; PRAMIL; PRAMIL 75; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886936389     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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