"Drug Contamination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.
| Descriptor ID |
D004340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.360
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Contamination- Drug Contamination
- Contamination, Drug
- Contaminations, Drug
- Drug Contaminations
Drug Adulteration- Drug Adulteration
- Adulteration, Drug
- Adulterations, Drug
- Drug Adulterations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Kousrali S, Kowtharapu LP, Mondal T. Gas chromatography mass spectrometer determination of dimethylamine impurity in N,N-dimethylformamide solvent by derivatization of N,N-dimethylbenzamide with benzoyl chloride agent. Biomed Chromatogr. 2024 Aug; 38(8):e5920.
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Kousrali S, Kowtharapu LP, Mondal T. Analytical determination of ethylenediamine impurity in tripelennamine hydrochloride by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry using phthalaldehyde as the derivatizing agent. Biomed Chromatogr. 2024 Jun; 38(6):e5850.
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El-Zaher AA, Elkady EF, Elwy HM, Saleh MA. Simultaneous Determination of Metformin, Glipizide, Repaglinide, and Glimepiride or Metformin and Pioglitazone by a Validated LC Method: Application in the Presence of Metformin Impurity (1-Cyanoguanidine). J AOAC Int. 2016 Jul; 99(4):957-963.
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Syvertsen JL, Ohaga S, Agot K, Dimova M, Guise A, Rhodes T, Wagner KD. An ethnographic exploration of drug markets in Kisumu, Kenya. Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Apr; 30:82-90.
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Cutrone R, Lednicky J, Dunn G, Rizzo P, Bocchetta M, Chumakov K, Minor P, Carbone M. Some oral poliovirus vaccines were contaminated with infectious SV40 after 1961. Cancer Res. 2005 Nov 15; 65(22):10273-9.
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Carbone M, Pass HI. Re: Debate on the link between SV40 and human cancer continues. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2002 Feb 06; 94(3):229-30.
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Castro F, Santaella M, Torres EA, Rodriguez-Medina JR, Gonz?lez-Keelan C. Sustained response to interferon in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency and hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol. 1997 Sep; 92(9):1557-8.