Radiosterilisation and radioracemisation

Pronce-T; Tilquin-B

JOURNAL-DE-CHIMIE-PHYSIQUE-ET-DE-PHYSICO-CHIMIE-BIOLOGIQUE. FEB 1997; 94 (2) : 390-394

The use of ionising radiation for the sterilisation of chiral drugs induce a partial racemisation. Such an important modification of the purity profile must be carefully studied before the radiosterilisation of the product.