False Drugs – How to Reveal Them?

Authors

  • P. Patlevič Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • F. Dorko Department of Anatomy, Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic | Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
  • P. Švorc Jr. Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • J. Vašková Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry and Labmed, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
  • L. Vaško Department of Medical and Clinical Biochemistry and Labmed, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

Keywords:

fake drugs, spectral methods, artemisinin, sildenafil

Abstract

False drugs are unsafe products that are manufactured using incorrect, inactive, or harmful ingredients. These drugs are packaged and labeled to look like real trademark generic drugs to deceive the consumer. Chemical analysis is a crucial step in distinguishing original pharmaceutics and fakes. HPLC and MS analyses are standard methods for identification and quantitation of active ingredients and impurities. Thus they are often used to corroborate the results of less sophisticated methods such as colorimetry, TLC, GS, Raman, NIR, FTIR and NMR spectrometries. The analytical methods should be employed in forensic laboratories.

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Published

2013-01-15

How to Cite

Patlevič, P., Dorko, F., Švorc Jr., P., Vašková, J., & Vaško, L. (2013). False Drugs – How to Reveal Them?. Chemické Listy, 107(1), 37–43. Retrieved from http://www-.chemicke-listy.cz/ojs3/index.php/chemicke-listy/article/view/786

Issue

Vol. 107 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Articles

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