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ArticleMethodsX2023

Assessment of quality of commercial hand sanitizers using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography.

Saima Alam, Md Masudur Rahman Rahat, Nusrat Jahan Upoma, Chandan Halder, Shyama Prosad Moulick, Md Monarul Islam, Wenben Liu, Ahsan Habib

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Article in MethodsX, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Saima AlamDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Md Masudur Rahman RahatDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Nusrat Jahan UpomaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Chandan HalderDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
Shyama Prosad MoulickChemical Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh.
Md Monarul IslamChemical Research Division, BCSIR Laboratories Dhaka, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205, Bangladesh.
Wenben LiuResearch Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
Ahsan HabibDepartment of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
University of Dhaka · BDBangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research · BDChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use and manufacture of alcohol-based hand sanitizers increased exponentially. Efficacy of hand sanitizers mainly depends on active ingredients like ethanol and isopropanol (IPA). Even though methanol is extremely hazardous to people, it is still illegally used in hand sanitizers in Bangladesh. Developing a quick and simple analytical method for detecting and quantifying ethanol/IPA/methanol is crucial. Here, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to identify and quantify alcohol content in commercially available hand sanitizers in a quick and easy way. Comparing the FTIR and GC data, provided quite similar results. Unlike previous studies by FTIR, C-H, CH

Indexed as

Alcohol contentCOVID-19 pandemicFourier transform infrared and gas chromatography analysis of ethanol, isopropanol and methanolHand sanitizersInfrared spectroscopy/gas chromatographyQuick and easy analysis

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PMID37484519
PMCPMC10362314
OpenAlexW4383368659

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