Recommendations to eliminate subjective olfactory methods from compendial identification tests.
Substitution of IR and UV absorption spectroscopy and use of the various test papers listed in the compendia provide satisfactory means of identifying drug and other substances that presently require subjective odor identification.
D009812:Odorants / Q000032:analysis*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis / Q000592:standards*; D010602:Pharmacopoeias as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014481:United States
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations