“…* The use of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy methods to assess quantitative information of drugs in medicines has increased in recent years [1][2][3][4][5]. Other spectroscopic techniques, such as UV and fluorescence, together with multivariate treatment, have also been applied in quantitative studies, requiring solutions preparation to proceed with measurements [6][7][8][9]. NIR spectra, when treated using chemometric methods of analysis, such as partial least squares (PLS) regression, may provide identification and quantification of compounds in a second or higher order mixture, with little or no sample preparation.…”