title: Chiral discrimination and enantioselective analysis of drugs: an overview.
abstract: Molecular recognition of different enantiomers of a drug has become of increasing importance in the last decade due to the racemic switch strategy adapted by the pharmaceutical industry. Different analytical techniques to carry out enantioselective analysis of chiral compounds have been suggested in the literature. In the following, a brief overview of different techniques used for enantioselective analysis is given. Challenging aspects of these techniques, such as the quality of analytical information received from each technique, advantages, and disadvantages are discussed. Alternatives (enantioselective membranes, amperometric biosensors, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs)), capable of meeting the requirements of industrial processes, in terms of productivity, cost-effectiveness, and environmental issues are critically reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Chemistry Section, Pathology and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Queensland Government, Australia. ekiriakous@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emad L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Izake
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002845:Chromatography; D004563:Electrochemistry; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D004867:Equipment Design; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011108:Polymers