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Refining Glycerol/Glycerin from cough mixture

Leader Bee
in Inorganic Chemistry

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I am aware you can purchase glycerin easily but for the purpose of curiosity I was wondering if it is at all possible to refine what is already in a multitude of everyday products into a usable volume, in this case from cough mixture.

 

There is no application I have in mind for it, just merely asking to see if it is possible??

Probably possible but not economical.

 

Currently glycerin is one of the major byproducts from Biofuel manufacure

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