Spectrophotometric Determination of Etilefrine,Ritodrine, Isoxsuprine and Salbutamol by Nitration and Subsequent Meisenheimer Complex Formation

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A simple and sensitive colorimetric method has been developed for the determination of four phenolic drugs, namely, etilefrine hydrochloride, ritodrine hydrochloride, isoxsuprine hydrochloride and salbutamol sulphate. The method is, mainly, based on the nitration of the drug molecule followed by the subsequent formation of meisenheimer complex with a nucleophilic reagent (acetone) in alkaline medium. The experimental conditions leading to optimum chromogen intensity and stability were carefully studied and incorporated in the general procedure. Under the proposed conditions, the method was applicable over the concentration range of 4.8–16 μg ml^?1 for the four drugs. The suggested method was further applied for the determination of the studied drugs in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The results of the analysis were found to agree statistically with those obtained with either the official or the referee methods. The procedure is characterized by its simplicity with accuracy and precision.     

Sensitive Spectrophotometric Determination of Some Dibenzazepine Drugs with Diazotized P-Phenylenediamine Dihydrochloride

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A simple, sensitive and selective spectrophotometric procedure was developed for the determination of imipramine hydrochloride, desipramine hydrochloride, clomipramine hydrochloride and trimipramine maleate belonging to dibenzazepine class of drugs. The method is based on the interaction of diazotized p-phenylenediamine dihydrochloride with the drug in sulphuric acid medium. The resulting chromophore was measured at 565 nm, and was stable for about 2.5 hr. The commonly encountered excipients and additives do not interfere with the determination. Dibenzazepine drugs can be determined in the range of 0.1-4.0 μg/ml, with a relative standard deviation of 1.92% for ten replicate measurement of 2.0 μg/ml dibenzazepine drugs. Results from the analysis of preformulations and commercial tablets by this procedure agree well with those of the official method.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Some Tranquillizers and Antidepressants Using 2,3-Dichloro 5,6-Dicyano-p-Benzoquinone

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A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method is described for the assay of some tranquillizers and antidepressants, namely, chlorpromazine, imipramine, amitriptyline and chlorprothexine. The method was based on the interaction of these drugs as n-electron donors with 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) as λ -acceptor to give a highly coloured radical anion which exhibits maximum absorption at 460 nm. The radical anion was proved by electron spin resonance measurements. The proposed method has been successfully applied for the determination of the examined drugs in tablets. The assay results were in accord with the pharmacopoeial results.     

New,simple, and validated UV-spectrophotometric method for the estimation of some beta blockers in bulk and formulations

A sensitive, extraction, derivatization, evaporation and complexation-free, direct spectrophotometric method is developed for the determination of some anthypertensive drugs such as acebutolol hydrochloride (ACH), atenolol (ATE), and propranolol hydrochloride (PRH) in bulk and pharmaceutical formulations. The optimum conditions for the analysis of aqua solutions of drugs are established. The method permits the determination of ACH, ATE, and PRH over a concentration range of 37.3–111.9, 53.3–213.1 and 14.8–51.8 μg/mL, respectively. Detection and quantification limits are calculated. The obtained results showed good recoveries of 99.60, 99.20 and 99.80% with relative standard deviations of 0.82, 0.79 and 1.70% for ACH, ATE, and PRH, respectively. The repeatability and reproducibility of the drugs for aqua media are determined. Precision and accuracy of the developed methods are used for the recovery studies. The proposed method is applicable for the assay of the three drugs under investigation in dosage forms and the results are in good agreement with those obtained by the literature method. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Determination of Ethosuximide,Phenobarbital, Carbamazepine,Carbamazepine Epoxide and Phenytoin in Serum by high performance liquid chromatography using Radially compressed Columns and an Aqueous methanolic mobile phase

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A liquid chromatographic method for the determination of antiepileptic drugs in serum is described. The drugs were adsorbed on activated charcoal from which they were recovered by extraction with methylene chloride. The organic extracts were evaporated to dryness and the residues were dissolved in small volumes of the mobile phase. The extracts were clean. Only trace amounts of endogenic compounds were detected. The chromatographic separation was performed with a radially compressed column (C18) that was used daily for several months.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Risedronate and Etidronate in Pharmaceutical Formulations via the Molybdovanadate Method

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An accurate and sensitive spectrophotometric method was developed for the determination of risedronate and etidronate in pharmaceuticals. The method was based on oxidation of the studied drugs with potassium persulfate and reaction of the generated orthophosphate ions with molybdovanadate reagent. The produced yellow phosphovanadomolybdate complex was measured at 313 nm. The method was rectilinear in the ranges 0.5–10 and 0.5–8 µg/mL with detection limits of 0.087 and 0.122 µg/mL for risedronate and etidronate, respectively. The method was applied for the determination of the studied drugs in their tablets, and the results agreed with those obtained by the comparison methods.     

Simultaneous Determination of Acetaminophen with Orphenadrine Citrate,Ibuprofen or Chlorzoxazone in Combined Dosage Forms by Zero-Crossing Derivative Spectrophotometry

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A derivative spectrophotmetric procedure for the simultaneous determination of acetaminophen-orphenadrine citrate, acetaminophen-ibuprofen and acetaminophen-chlorzoxazone, binary mixtures is described. The procedure minimises the mutual interference between these drugs in mixtures and allows the determination of these compounds without a previous extraction step. The precision of the method, expressed as the relative standard deviation, is better than 4%. The method has been successfully applied to laboratory mixtures and commercial tablets containing these drugs.     

Determination of Mefenamic Acid and Paracetamol by First Derivative Spectrophotometry

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A direct and simple first derivative spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of mefenamic acid and paracetamol in pharmaceutical formulations. A methanolic hydrochloric acid solution was used as solvent for extracting the drugs from the formulations and subsequently the samples were evaluated directly by derivative spectrophotometry. Simultaneous determination of both drugs can be carried out using the zero-crossing and the graphical methods. The methods do not require simultaneous equations to be solved. The calibration graphs were linear in the ranges from 1.8 × 10^?6 to 1.6 × 10^?4 M of mefenamic acid and from 4.1×10^?6 to 1.4 × 10^?4 M of paracetamol. The ingredients commonly found in commercial pharmaceutical formulations do not interfere. The proposed method was applied to the determination of these drugs in tablets.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Bio-Active Compounds in Commercial Samples with Nitrous Acid and Cresyl Fast Violet Acetate

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A simple and sensitive method for the spectrophotometric determination of bio-active compounds (drugs and non-nutritive sweeteners) containing reactive functional groups, viz., aromatic primary amine (drugs: Dapsone, Sulphamethoxazole), aromatic secondary amine (drug: Pindolol), aliphatic secondary amine (non-nutritive sweetener: Cyclamate), acid hydrazide (drug: Isoniazid) and thiol (drug: Captopril), is proposed. The method involves the addition of excess of sodium nitrite to the compound in the presence of 0.25 M hydrochloric acid solution and the unreacted nitrous acid is determined by the measurement of corresponding decrease in the absorbance of cresyl fast violet acetate (Δ_max : 555 nm), the most suitable one out of several dyes tested. This method was applied for the determination of bio-active compounds in commercial samples. (drugs: pharmaceutical formulations; non-nutritive sweetener (cyclamate): foodstuffs). The newly proposed method enabled the determination of the bio-active compounds in microgram quantities (0.1 - 0.5 μg/ml). Standard deviation values evaluated through replicate determinations were found to be < 0.5 mg per dose (RSD : 0.5 - 1.2%). The common excipients do not effect the determination of the drugs in pharmaceutical formulations. Many of the usually occurring additives in food stuffs are tolerated to a very high level in the determination of cyclamate in beverages, syrup, ice candy and ice cream. The validity of the method was tested against the reference method. Recoveries to the tune of 99.2 - 101.1% were observed by adopting this method.     

Derivative Spectrophotometric Analysis of Oestradiol Esters,Testosterone and Progesterone in Oily Injections

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The use of derivative and difference-derivative spectrophotometry for the determination of certain drugs in oily injection is presented. The method is illustrated by the determination of oestradiol valerate, oestradiol dipropionate, oestradiol benzoate, testosterone propionate and progesterone in their oily injections. This method is simple, rapid and accurate. The results obtained are reasonably reproducible with a coefficient of variation less than 2%.     

Spectrophotometric Determination of Some Cardiovascular Drugs Using P-Chloranilic Acid

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A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the assay of some cardio-vascular drugs is described. The method is based on the interaction of the drug and p-chloranilic acid (p-CA) to give a stable and intensively coloured ion-pair salt. The drugs used are quinidine sulphate, prenylamine lactate, dipyridamol, hydralazine hydrochloride, tolazoline hydrochloride and pindolol. The optimum experimental conditions for colour development have been studied. Conformity to Beer's law enabled the determination of these drugs in their pharmaceutical preparations. The assay results are in accord with the pharmacopoeal assay results.     

Polarographic assay of Ranitidine Drugs in Pharmaceutical Formulations

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A simple, accurate and rapid method for the quantitative determination of five ranitidine drugs in pharmaceutical formulations (Tablets and Ampoules) is proposed. The supporting electrolyte was acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer solution (pH 5.2). An excellent linear relationship was obtained between the concentration and current with correlation coefficient 0.9996. Good agreement was obtained between the results with the d.c. polarograhic method and those by the manufacturer's method of assay.     

Simultaneous Determination of Five Antibacterials in Swine Muscle by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

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A high performance liquid chromatographic method (HPLC) for the determination of olaquindox, morantel, furazolidone, nitrofurazone and carbadox residues in swine muscles was developed. The drugs were extracted from muscles with acetonitrile and cleaned up by alumina column. HPLC analysis was carried out on an Inertsil C8 column with a mobile phase of acetonitrile-water-acetic acid (3:97:1), and the drugs were detected at 340 nm. The average recoveries of all drugs added to muscles at 0.1 ppm level were more than 75% and the detection limit of each drug was 0.03 ppm in muscles.     

A Sensitive Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Some Imidazoline Derivatives by 2,6-Dichlorophenol-Indophenol

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A new and highly sensitive method is presented for the spectrophotometric determination of four imidazoline derivatives: antazoline hydrochloride, tolazoline hydrochloride, xylometazoline hydrochloride and naphazoline nitrate. The method is based on the reaction of the corresponding drug base with 2,6 - dichlorophenol -indophenol (DGPIP) in chloroform to give a blue chromogen exhibiting a maximum at 588 - 603nm. The method could be applied for the quantitative determination of the above drugs either pure or in their pharmaceutical preparations (tablets and nasal drops). The results obtained are accurate and have good reproducibility.     

Determination of Some Cephalosporins Using Derivative Spectrophotometry

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A rapid and simple method for the determination of cephalexin, cephalothin sodium and cephradin without prior separation from their alkali-induced degradation products is presented. By measuring the values of the first and second derivative spectra at certain wavelengths, the concentration of the intact drug can be calculated directly without interference of degradation products. The method was proved using synthetic mixtures of the intact drugs with their degradation products, and its suitability to monitor the stability of the drugs was demonstrated.     

Application of Derivative Spectroscopy to the Simultaneous Identification and Determination of Plasma Amitriptyline and Perphenazine Key Words: Derivative Spectroscopy,Amitriptyline, Perphenazine

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A derivative spectroscopy technique for the simultaneous determination of plasma amitriptyline and perphenazine is proposed. The described method is fast and requires only one extraction for both drugs.     

Determination of Some Phenothiazine Drugs Based on Colour Reaction with Potassium Periodate

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A simple, rapid and sensitive method for the determination of six phenothiazine drugs, either in pure form or in pharmaceutical formulations, is described. The method is based on the formation of stable phenothiazine free radical by the use of potassium periodate as the chromogenic reagent in sulphuric acid medium. The reaction is suggested to proceed via oxidation of the phenothiazine nucleus into a semiquinonoid radical. The wavelengths of maximum absorption range from 500 to 525nm. Molar absorptivities range from     

Simultaneous Determination of Hydrochlorothiazide and Propranolol Hydrochloride in Tablets by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

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A simple and stability indicating HPLC procedure is described for the simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide and propranolol hydrochloride in tablet formulations. Potential degradation products of both drugs and synthesis impurities of hydrochlorothiazide were separated, making the determination stability indicating for both drugs and selective for hydrochlorothiazide. All compounds were chromatographed on a cyanopropylsilane column, eluted with a 15:85 mixture of acetonitrile: 0.05 M ammonium phosphate (pH 3.0) and detected at 290 m. Excellent interlaboratory precision and recovery data were obtained. Linearity studies were carried out using peak area measurements. Detector response to the concentration of each drug was confirmed. The method was applied to dosage forms containing 25 mg of hydrochlorothiazide and 40 or 80 mg of propranolol hydrochloride.     

Ultraviolet Spectrophotometric Determination of Antimony (III) Antibilharzial Compounds

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A direct UV spectrophotometric method has been developed for determination of antimony (III) antibilharzial compounds. The method has been successfully applied for the assay of five antibilharzial drugs.     

Utility of Diazotized 4 - Amino-6-Chloro-1,3-Benzene Disulphonamide for the Spectrophotometric Determination of 8-Hydroxquinolines and Dibenzazepines.

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The present study is based on the interaction of diazotized 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzene disulphonamide (DACBS) with 8-hydroxyquinolines in slightly alkaline medium and with dibenzazepines in strongly acidic medium to form red coloured products in the range of 500- 555 nm. Under optimum reaction condition, Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range 0.5-25 μg/ml for 8-hydroxyquinolines and 1.0-25 μg/ml for dibenzazepines. The stoichiometry of the reaction was investigated and was found to be 1:1 for all the studied drugs. Interference due to other co-formulated drugs, common additives and excepients was studied. The proposed method was applied successfully for the determination of the cited drugs in their pharmaceutical preparations and results were comparable with that of the official, reported method.