QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARACETAMOL CONTAMINATION IN RHEUMATIC PAIN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

Analgesic drugs are often added illegally in rheumatic pain traditional medicine. Paracetamol is one of chemical that have a large possibillity to be The aims this research were know paracetamol and concentration medicine Borobudur District. This experimental research, the analysis data used microsoft excel linear regression. Qualitative method using organoleptic test description sample, TLC evaluation Rf value FTIR for characterization. Quantitative LC-MS contained on Organoleptic results show shape, color, smell taste sample A, B C. showed A positive, indicated by purple spot was exactly same compared standard paracetamol, while C negative. result spectra functional group as none. after calculating samples obtained < 4,4 μg/kg below Detection Limit (LoD): μg/kg, 2,22%. Based all three tested, positively contaminated negative.