Classification of complex mixtures with an electronic nose: the case of pharmaceutical products

Pharmaceutical products are eligible for electronic nose characterisation. In particular, being the composition reported in the accompanying documentations and having a large availability of products differing one each other only for few components. In this paper, preliminary tests performed with the ENQBE electronic nose and aimed at distinguishing between different classes of medicines are discussed. The possibility to distinguish between specific commercial and generic pharmaceutical products is also illustrated and commented