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ArticleChemicke zvesti2022

Spectroscopic methods for assessment of hand sanitizers.

Soumyabrata Banik, Sindhoora Kaniyala Melanthota, Anjana Anandan Vannathan, Krishna Kishore Mahato, Sib Sankar Mal, Nirmal Mazumder

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Article in Chemicke zvesti, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soumyabrata BanikDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 India.ORCID 0000-0002-2254-1428
Sindhoora Kaniyala MelanthotaDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 India.ORCID 0000-0002-1546-8226
Anjana Anandan VannathanMaterials and Catalysis Lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka 575025 India.
Krishna Kishore MahatoDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 India.ORCID 0000-0001-9873-3445
Sib Sankar MalMaterials and Catalysis Lab, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka 575025 India.ORCID 0000-0002-2520-4371
Nirmal MazumderDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka 576104 India.ORCID 0000-0001-8068-6484
Manipal Academy of Higher Education · INNational Institute of Technology Karnataka · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sanitization of inanimate objects or body surfaces using disinfectant is essential for eliminating disease-causing pathogens and maintaining personal hygiene. With the advent of health emergencies, the importance and high demand for hand sanitizers (HS) are observed in everyday life. It is also important to know the constituent added to formulate HS, as the presence of harsh chemicals can cause skin irritation. In this study, different spectroscopic techniques were used to assess several commercially available HS along with the in-house prepared HS as per the WHO protocol. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy identified the different HS chemical bonds and quantified the amount of alcohol and water in the HS. Varying amount of alcohols in HS, calibration profile was generated to identify its amount in commercial samples. Further, the commercial samples were also checked for contaminants whose presence in the HS might bring down its sanitization efficacy. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11696-022-02208-x.

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DisinfectantFourier transform infrared spectroscopyHand sanitizersRaman spectroscopy

Identifiers

PMID35492072
PMCPMC9035981
OpenAlexW4224861530

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