Tremblay, Jacques published the artcileLack of response of breath alcohol screening devices to sugar alcohols contained in chewing gum, Name: (3R,4R,5R)-6-(((2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol, the main research area is breath screening sugar alc chewing gum.
Seventy-five different brands of chewing gum were selected for an experiment to determine the response of four alc. screening devices to the breath of a person who chewed gum containing sugar alcs. In the protocol used, 300 results were obtained with 298 of them giving a zero result while the subject chewed gum at the same time. The only two pos. results came from the same brand and flavor, Trident Splash strawberry with kiwi, which gave a low (<10 mg/100 mL) and short response (<1 min) on the Alco-Sensor IV DWF and Alcotest 7410 GLC. Gas chromatog. anal. showed that ethanol is present at approx. 0.05% (weight/weight) in this gum. In addition to the fact that a subject must not have anything present in the mouth when asked to provide a sample of breath, these results refute any suggestion that such gums containing sugar alcs. have the ability to produce a pos. result on devices measuring alc. in the breath when used by peace officers in real cases. Journal - Canadian Society of Forensic Science published new progress about Alditols Role: ARU (Analytical Role, Unclassified), ANST (Analytical Study). 64519-82-0 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, name is (3R,4R,5R)-6-(((2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol, and the molecular formula is C12H24O11, Name: (3R,4R,5R)-6-(((2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy)hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentaol.
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