Assessment of hand-held Raman instrumentation for in situ screening for potentially counterfeit artesunate antimalarial tablets by FT-Raman spectroscopy and direct ionization mass spectrometry
- Title
- Assessment of hand-held Raman instrumentation for in situ screening for potentially counterfeit artesunate antimalarial tablets by FT-Raman spectroscopy and direct ionization mass spectrometry
- Authors
- Syhavong, B; Rasachack, B; Smythe, L; Rolain, JM; Roque-Afonso, AM; Jenjaroen, K; Soukkhaserm, V; Phongmany, S; Phetsouvanh, R; Soukkhaserm, S; Thammavong, T; Mayxay, M; Blacksell, SD; Barnes, E; Parola, P; Dussaix, E; Raoult, D; Humphreys, I; Klenerman, P; White, NJ; Newton, PN
- Keywords
- FAKE ARTESUNATE; SOUTHEAST-ASIA; DRUGS
- Issue Date
- 2008
- Publisher
- ANAL CHIM ACTA
- Citation
- Anal. Chim. Acta;15-Aug;2008;623;2
- Abstract
- Pharmaceutical counterfeiting has become a significant public health problem worldwide and new, rapid, user-friendly, reliable and inexpensive methods for drug quality screening are needed. This work illustrates the chemical characterization of genuine and fake artesunate antimalarial tablets by portable Raman spectroscopy and validation by FT-Raman spectroscopy and ambient mass spectrometry. The applicability of a compact and robust portable Raman spectrometer (TruScan (TM)) for the in situ chemical identification of counterfeit tablets is reported. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- ISSN
- 0003-2670
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- 5.Mahosot Hospital > Journal articles
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