TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectroscopic methods for assessment of hand sanitizers
AU - Banik, Soumyabrata
AU - Melanthota, Sindhoora Kaniyala
AU - Vannathan, Anjana Anandan
AU - Mahato, Krishna Kishore
AU - Mal, Sib Sankar
AU - Mazumder, Nirmal
N1 - Funding Information:
NM thank the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, India, for the financial support (DST/INT/THAI/P-10/2019 and DST/INT/BLG/P-03/2019). NM thank Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) and Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council-Centre of Relevance and Excellence (TIFAC-CORE) in Pharmacogenomics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, MAHE, Manipal, Karnataka, India, for providing the infrastructure and facilities. SKM thanks MAHE for Dr. T.M.A. Pai Ph.D. fellowship. SSM thank the Vision Group on Science and Technology (VGST, No. KSTePS/VGST-RGS -F/2-18-19/GRD No.805/315), India, for the financial help.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11696-022-02208-x
DO - 10.1007/s11696-022-02208-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 35492072
AN - SCOPUS:85128721563
SN - 0366-6352
VL - 76
SP - 4907
EP - 4918
JO - Chemical Papers
JF - Chemical Papers
IS - 8
ER -