OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
PAMPANGA CAMPUS

PHARMACEUTICAL TOXICOLOGY

Experiment no. 1
Ethyl alcohol
Objective:
At the end of the experiment, the student can
identify the presence of Ethyl Alcohol in each
sample by performing different
chemical/detection tests for its presence.
OTHER NAMES

Grain alcohol
Ethyl alcohol
Neutral spirit
Spirit of wine
Spiritus vini
retificatus
TASTE: Like wine or whiskey, ethereal

COLOR: clear

BOILING POINT:78.5 C

VD: 0.56-0.72 L
FERMENTATION VIA ZYMASE
MOT
Lethal dose:
1 ½ - 2 pints of Whiskey
300-400 mL of Pure Alcohol
Naltrexone
Acamprosate
Disulfiram
Fomepizole
Diazepam
Hemodialysis
 CHEMICAL TEST
Aromatic odor
B e r t h e l o t ’ s Te s t
Green solution & chico
C h r o m i c A c i d Te s t -like odor

L i e b e n ’ s I o d o f o r m Te s t
Ye l l o w i s h W h i t e p p t .

Ethyl Acetate test Plastic balloon odor

V i t a l i ’ s Te s t
Red solution
References:
• National Center for Biotechnology Information
(2023). PubChem Compound Summary for CID 702,
Ethanol. Retrieved February 11, 2023
from https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound
/Ethanol.
 OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
PAMPANGA CAMPUS

PHARMACEUTICAL TOXICOLOGY

Ethyl alcohol