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Comparative Analysis of Human and Fish Designated Amoxicillin

 

Date

June 19, 2014

Chemist

RWF

Instruments

pH Meter / X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer / Spectrophotometer

 

Constituent

Human Capsule

Fish Capsule

Capsule Type

500 mg

500 mg

Actual Net Mass

607 mg

612 mg

Inert Concentration

17.6 %

18.3 %

Color, Solid

Yellow-white

Yellow-white

Color Units, Dissolved in 250 mL DI

205 C.U.

182 C.U.

Solubility in Hot DI Water

99%

98%

Odor

Slight, hydrocarbon ammonium

Slight, hydrocarbon ammonium

pH of contents dissolved in 250 mL DI H2O

3.94

4.12

Nitrogen Concentration

6.1 % of gross weight

7.9 % of gross weight

*Chloride Concentration

7.4 % of gross weight

7.6 % of gross weight

Spectrum

Virtually identical to fish sample

Virtually identical to human sample

 

*Chlorides are present as inert salts.

 

No contaminates were found in the fish amox.

Black spectral line (silhouette) is human amox.  Ghost red line is fish amox.  Not every peak is identical, but the overt overlay is virtually indistinguishable.  Click on the + symbol to fully enlarge.

At present, samples are being prepared to be analyzed using Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectroscopy.