Electrochemical study of zolpidem at glassy carbon electrode and its determination in a tablet dosage form by differential pulse voltammetry

The oxidative behaviour of, a hypnotic drug, zolpidem was studied at glassy carbon electrode in Britton-Robinson buffer over the pH range 2.0-11.0 using cyclic, linear sweep and differential pulse voltammetry. Oxidation of the drug was effected in a single irreversible, diffusion-controlled step. Using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), the drug yielded a well-defined voltammetric response in Britton-Robinson buffer, pH 8.0 at +0.889 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) on glassy carbon electrode. This process could be used to determine zolpidem concentrations in the range 5.0 x 10(-7) M to 1.0 x 10(-5) M with a detection limit of 2.0 x 10(-7) M. The method was applied, without any interference from the excipients, to the determination of the drug in a tablet dosage form.     

Electrochemical behavior of ascorbic acid at a 2,2'-[3,6-Dioxa-1,8-octanediylbis(nitriloethylidyne)]-bis-hydroquinone carbon paste electrode

Electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid (AA) at a carbon paste electrode, chemically modified 2,2'-[3,6-dioxa-1,8-octanediylbis(nitriloethylidyne)]-bis-hydroquinone, was thoroughly investigated. The results of cyclic voltammetry, double potential-step chronoamperometry, linear sweep voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) studies were used for the prediction of the mechanism of electrochemical oxidation of AA mediated with 2,2'-[3,6-dioxa-1,8-octanediylbis(nitriloethylidyne)]-bis-hydroquinone at the surface of the modified electrode. The diffusion coefficient (D = 2.45 x 10(-5) cm(2) s(-1)) and the kinetic parameters such as the electron transfer coefficient (alpha = 0.34) were also determined. The results of DPV using the 2,2'-[3,6-dioxa-1,8-octanediylbis(nitriloethylidyne)]-bis-hydroquinone-modified electrode were applied in a highly sensitive determination of AA in drug samples. A linear range of 3.0 x 10(-6) - 1.2 x 10(-4) M and the detection limit (3sigma) 3.8 x 10(-7) M were obtained for DPV determination of AA in buffered pH 7.00 solutions (0.1 M phosphate buffer).     

Electrochemical oxidation of luteolin at a glassy carbon electrode and its application in pharmaceutical analysis

Luteolin is a flavonoid reported to occur widely in many medicinal plants. The electrochemical behavior of luteolin was studied in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) of pH 4.0 at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetric method (DPV). The results indicated the well-defined redox peak of luteolin which was involving two electrons and two protons was observed and the electrode process is adsorption-controlled. The charge transfer coefficient (alpha) was calculated as 0.66. The relationships between oxidation peak current and the concentration of luteolin are linear in the range of 1.0 x 10(-8) - 1.0 x 10(-6) M by DPV method. The detection limit had been estimated as 5.0 x 10(-9) M. The facile and rapid method has been successfully applied to the detection of luteolin in tablets.     

Sodium dodecyl sulfate-modified carbon paste electrodes for selective determination of dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid

A carbon paste electrode (CPE) modified by a monolayer film of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was used for detection of dopamine (DA). Cyclic voltammetry demonstrated improved response of the DA sensor. This suggests the effectivity of surface modification of CPE by SDS. Impedance spectroscopy was used for the characterization of CPE surface properties. The effect of SDS concentration on the electrode quality also reveals that SDS formed a monolayer on CPE surface with a high density of negative-charged end directed outside the electrode. As a result, the carbon paste electrode modified with SDS (SDS/CPE) exerted discrimination against ascorbic acid in physiological circumstance. Thus, it can selectively determine dopamine even in the presence of 220-fold AA combined with differential pulse stripping voltammetry. In pH 7.40 phosphate buffer solution, the oxidation peak current on differential pulse voltammograms increases linearly with the concentration of DA in the range of 5.0 x 10(-7) to 8.0 x 10(-4) mol . L(-1) with a detection limit of 5.0 x 10(-8) mol . L(-1). Satisfying results are achieved when detecting the DA in injection and simulated biology sample.     

Anodic oxidation of etodolac and its square wave and differential pulse voltammetric determination in pharmaceuticals and human serum

A voltammetric study of the oxidation of etodolac has been carried out at the glassy carbon electrode. The electrochemical oxidation of etodolac was investigated by cyclic, linear sweep, differential pulse and square wave voltammetry using glassy carbon electrode. Different parameters were tested to optimize the conditions for the determination of etodolac. The dependence of intensities of currents and potentials on pH, concentration, scan rate, nature of the buffer was investigated. For analytical purposes, a very well resolved diffusion controlled voltammetric peak was obtained in Britton-Robinson buffer at pH 2.15 for differential pulse and square wave voltammetric techniques. The linear response was obtained in the ranges of 2.10(-6)-8.10(-5) M with a detection limit of 6.8x10(-7) and 6x10(-6)-8x10(-5) M with a detection limit of 1.1x10(-6) M for differential pulse and square wave voltammetric techniques, respectively. Based on this study, simple, rapid, selective and sensitive two voltammetric methods were developed for the determination of the etodolac in tablet dosage form and human serum.     

Investigation of electrochemical behavior of lipid lowering agent atorvastatin calcium in aqueous media and its determination from pharmaceutical dosage forms and biological fluids using boron-doped diamond and glassy carbon electrodes

The electrochemical behavior of atorvastatin calcium at glassy carbon and boron-doped diamond electrodes has been studied using voltammetric techniques. The possible mechanism of oxidation was discussed with model compounds. The dependence of the peak current and potentials on pH, concentration, scan rate and nature of the buffer were investigated for both electrodes. The oxidation of atorvastatin was irreversible and exhibited a diffusion-controlled fashion on the diamond electrode. A linear response was obtained within the range of 9.65 x 10(-7) - 3.86 x 10(-5) M in 0.1 M H(2)SO(4) solution for both electrodes. The detection limits of a standard solution are estimated to be 2.11 x 10(-7) M with differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and 2.05 x 10(-7)M with square wave voltammetry (SWV) for glassy carbon electrode, and 2.27 x 10(-7) M with DPV and 1.31 x 10(-7)M with SWV for diamond electrodes in 0.1 M H(2)SO(4) solution. The repeatability of the methods was found good for both electrodes. The methods were fully validated and successfully applied to the high-throughput determination of the drug in tablets, human serum and human urine with good recoveries.     

Electrochemical adsorptive behavior of some fluoroquinolones at carbon paste electrode.

Cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry were used to explore the adsorption behavior of three antibacterial agents at a carbon paste electrode. The drugs were accumulated on a carbon paste electrode, and a well-defined oxidation peak was obtained in acetate buffer (pH 5.0). The adsorptive stripping response was evaluated as a function of some variables such as the scan rate, pH and accumulation time. A simple, precise, inexpensive and sensitive voltammetric method has been developed for the determination of the cited drugs (Lomefloxacin (LFX), Sparfloxacin hydrochloride (SFX), and Gatifloxacin (GFX)). A linear calibration was obtained from 2 x 10(-7) M to 4 x 10(-5) M for LFX, 2 x 10(-7) M to 6 x 10(-5) M for SFX, and GFX. The limits of detection (LOD) were 4.2 x 10(-7), 7 x 10(-7) and 6.6 x 10(-7) M, while the limits of quantification (LOQ) were 1.4 x 10(-6), 2.3 x 10(-6) and 2.2 x 10(-6) M for LFX, SFX, and GFX, respectively. The R. S. D. of five measurements at the 1 x 10(-6) M level were 0.4, 0.5 and 0.3 for LFX, SFX and GFX, respectively. The method was applied to the determination of LFX, SFX and GFX in dilute urine samples and dosage forms, and compared with the HPLC method.     

Electrocatalytic oxidation and highly selective voltammetric determination of L-cysteine at the surface of a 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone modified carbon paste electrode.

A carbon paste electrode (CPE) chemically modified with 1-[4-(ferrocenyl ethynyl)phenyl]-1-ethanone (4-FEPEMCPE) was employed to study the electrocatalytic oxidation of L-cysteine using cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry and double potential step chronoamperometry as diagnostic techniques. The diffusion coefficient (D = 7.863 x 10(-6) cm2 s(-1)) of L-cysteine was also estimated using chronoamperometry. The electron-transfer coefficient, alpha (= 0.40), for L-cysteine at the surface of 4-FEPEMCPE was determined using cyclic voltammetry technique. It was found that under an optimum pH (= 7.00), the oxidation of L-cysteine at the surface of such an electrode occurred at a potential of about 350 mV less positive than that of an unmodified CPE. The catalytic oxidation peak currents represented a linear dependence on the L-cysteine concentration. Linear analytical curves were obtained in the ranges of 9.0 x 10(-5) - 4.9 x 10(-3) M and 2.0 x 10(-5) - 2.8 x 10(-3) M of L-cysteine with correlation coefficients of 0.9981 and 0.9982 in cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry, respectively. The detection limits (2 sigma) were determined to be 9.9 x 10(-6) M and 5 x 10(-6) M with cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry, respectively. The influences of twenty other amino acids, such as glutamine, L-glutamic acid, L-glysine, L-histidine, L-isoleucine, L-leucine, L-arginine hydrochloride, L-aspargine, L-aspartic acid, S-carboxy methyl-L-cysteine, L-methionine, L-phenyl alanine, L-proline, L-serine, L-threonine, L-cystine, cysteamine and gluthathione, on the current response of the sensor were examined. The obtained results did not show any influence on the analytical signal of L-cysteine by these amino acids (except for cysteamine). The method was also used for the selective determination of L-cysteine in patient-blood plasma and some pharmaceutical preparations by using standard addition method.     

Selective determination of cysteine in the presence of tryptophan by carbon paste electrode modified with quinizarine

A sensitive and selective electrochemical method for the determination of L-cysteine was developed using a modified carbon paste electrode (MCPE) with quinizarine. Cyclic voltammetry was used to investigate the redox properties of this modified electrode at various solution pH values and at various scan rates. The apparent charge transfer rate constant, ks and transfer coefficient for electron transfer between quinizarine and carbon paste electrode (CPE) were calculated as 2.76 s^?1 and 0.6, respectively. This modified carbon paste electrode shows excellent electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of L-cysteine in a phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0). The linear range of 1.0 × 10^?6 to 1.0 × 10^?3 M and a detection limit (3s) of 2.2 × 10^?7 M were observed in pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solutions. In differential pulse voltammetry, the quinizarine modified carbon paste electrode (QMCPE) could separate the oxidation peak potentials of L-cysteine and tryptophan present in the same solution, though at the unmodified CPE the peak potentials were indistinguishable. This work introduces a simple and easy approach to selective detection of L-cysteine in the presence of tryptophan. Also, the modified electrode was employed for the determination of L-cysteine in the real samples such as serum of blood and acetylcysteine tablet.     

A Novel Sensor Based on Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Polypyrrole/Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes for the Electrochemical Detection of Cytostatic Drug Rapamycin

The electrocatalytic oxidation of rapamycin, one of the most studied immunosuppressant, cancer-preventing drug, is investigated for the first time on the surface of the modified carbon paste electrode prepared by incorporating multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and conductive polymer pyrrole using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Rapamycin exhibited a well-defined oxidation peak at +1.1 V (versus Ag/AgCl) in Briton Robinson buffer solution with a pH 4.0. Effect of the most important experimental parameters was optimized and obtained signals are linear to the concentration of rapamycin in the range from 0.1 to 20 μM with 0.06 μM limit of detection. The repeatability is calculated as ±2 % and the reproducibility as ±5 %. The possible interfering compounds were tested showing negligible effect and the sensor was successfully applied for the determination of rapamycin in commercial pharmaceutical formulations with obtained recoveries in the range from 98 % to 102 %.     

三磷酸腺苷在TiO2掺杂碳纳米纤维修饰电极上的电化学行为

采用循环伏安法和示差脉冲伏安法研究了三磷酸腺苷(ATP)在TiO2掺杂碳纳米纤维(TiO2@CNF)修饰的碳离子液体电极表面(TiO2@CNF/CILE)的电化学行为。结果表明,ATP在TiO2@CNF/CILE表面有一个明显的氧化峰,在pH 3.0的Britton-Robinson(BR)缓冲溶液中修饰电极对ATP具有显著的电催化作用。纤维状的TiO2@CNF能够有效促进电子转移,增加电化学信号。当ATP浓度分别在4.0×10^-9~2.0×10^-6mol/L和2.0×10^-6~1.0×10^-4mol/L范围时,氧化峰电流与ATP浓度呈良好的线性关系,检测限为1.4 nmol/L。修饰电极可用于注射液中ATP的测定。     

Voltammetric determination of terbinafine in biological fluid at glassy carbon electrode modified by cysteic acid/carbon nanotubes composite film

The electrochemical oxidation of L-cysteine (CySH) in presence of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) formed a composite film at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) as a novel modifier for directly electroanalytical determination of terbinafine without sample pretreatment in biological fluid. The determination of terbinafine at the modified electrode with strongly accumulation was studied by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The peak current obtained at +1.156 V (vs. SCE) from DPV was linearly dependent on the terbinafine concentration in the range of 8.0 x 10(-8)-5.0 x 10(-5 )M in a B-R buffer solution (0.04 M, pH 1.81) with a correlation coefficient of 0.998. The detection limit (S/N=3) was 2.5 x 10(-8 )M. The low-cost modified electrode showed good sensitivity, selectivity, and stability. This developed method had been applied to the direct determination of terbinafine in human serum samples with satisfactory results. It is hopeful that the modified electrode will be applied for the medically clinical test and the pharmacokinetics in future.     

Electrochemical study of fluvastatin sodium – analytical application to pharmaceutical dosage forms, human serum, and simulated gastric juice

The oxidation of fluvastatin sodium on a glassy carbon electrode has been studied by use of a variety of voltammetric techniques. Different conditions were investigated to optimize the determination of fluvastatin sodium. The dependence of the intensities of currents and potentials on pH, concentration, scan rate, and nature of the buffer was investigated. Oxidation of fluvastatin sodium was found to be diffusion-controlled and irreversible. The best results for the determination of fluvastatin sodium were obtained by using differential pulse and square-wave voltammetric techniques in Britton-Robinson buffer at pH 10.04. Differential pulse and square-wave voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode resulted in linear calibration in the range 8x10(-6) to 6x10(-4) mol L(-1) and detection limits of 1.07x10(-6) and 7.99x10(-7) mol L(-1), respectively. The proposed methods were successfully applied to the determination of the drug in capsules and biological fluids. Excipients did not interfere with the determination. Statistical validation revealed that the methods were free from significant systematic errors.     

维生素B6在维生素B12修饰电极上的电化学行为及其分析应用

采用循环伏安法研究了维生素B6在维生素B12修饰玻碳电极上的电化学行为,建立了测定痕量维生素B6的新方法.在pH 8.6的NH3-NH4Cl缓冲溶液中,维生素B6在修饰电极上产生一个灵敏的氧化峰,采用差分脉冲伏安法测定,其氧化峰电流与维生素B6的浓度在8.0×10-7～2.0×10-4 mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系,检出限为2.0×10-7 mol/L.该修饰电极具有良好的选择性、灵敏度及稳定性,用于片剂中维生素B6的定量分析,结果令人满意.     

鸟嘌呤在聚L-甲硫氨酸/石墨烯修饰电极上的电化学行为及测定

制备了聚L-甲硫氨酸/石墨烯修饰的玻碳电极,该电极在0.1 mol/L的磷酸盐缓冲溶液(p H 7.0)中对鸟嘌呤的氧化具有明显的电催化作用。采用循环伏安法(CV)考察了p H值、扫描速率对鸟嘌呤电化学行为的影响。利用示差脉冲伏安法(DPV)对鸟嘌呤进行测定,结果表明在3.6×10-7~4.0×10-5mol/L浓度范围内鸟嘌呤的氧化峰电流与其浓度呈良好的线性关系,相关系数为0.990 4,检出限(S/N=3)为5.0×10-8mol/L。该修饰电极还具有较好的稳定性和重现性。     

Differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetric determination of dinoseb and dinoterb at a modified electrode.

A sensitive adsorptive stripping voltammetric method for the determination of dinitrophenolic herbicides, dinoseb (DSB) and dinoterb (DTB) at a bare carbon paste electrode (CPE) and a clay modified carbon paste electrode (CMCPE) was developed. A systematic study of various experimental conditions, such as the pH, accumulation variables and composition of a modifier on the adsorptive stripping response, were examined by using differential pulse voltammetry. A significant improvement was observed in the sensitivity by using the present method with CMCPE. When CMCPE was used, a linear response was obtained over the concentration range 2 x 10(-10) to 3 x 10(-7) M and 6 x 10(-10) to 6 x 10(-7) M with lower detection limits of 1 x 10(-10) M and 5.4 x 10(-10) M for dinoseb and dinoterb, respectively, at an accumulation time of 100 s. The interference from other herbicides and ions on the stripping signals of both compounds was also evaluated. The described method was applied to estimate of the dinoseb and dinoterb in environmental samples.     

Voltammetric measurement of trace amount of glutathione using multiwall carbon nanotubes as a sensor and chlorpromazine as a mediator

In this work, we propose chlorpromazine as a new mediator for the rapid, sensitive, and highly selective voltammetric determination of glutathione (GSH) using multiwall carbon nanotubes paste electrode (MWCNTPE). The experimental results showed that the carbon nanotubes paste electrode has a highly electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of GSH in the presence of chlorpromazine as a mediator. Cyclic voltammetry, double potential step chronoamperometry, and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) are used to investigate the suitability of chlorpromazine at the surface of MWCNTPE as a mediator for the electrocatalytic oxidation of GSH in aqueous solutions. It is shown that chlorpromazine can catalyze the oxidation of GSH in an aqueous buffer solution to produce a sharp oxidation peak current at about +0.70 versus Ag/AgCl as a reference electrode. Kinetic parameters such as electron transfer coefficient and catalytic reaction rate constant, k/h, are also determined. Using DPV and under the optimum conditions at pH 4.0, the electrocatalytic oxidation peak current of GSH shows a linear dependence on GSH concentration in the GSH concentration range of 0.3 to 18.3 µM. The detection limit (3σ) is determined to be 0.16 µM. The relative standard deviation for 1.5 and 5.0 µM GSH are found to be 3.7% and 2.5%, respectively. The proposed method may, thus, also be used as a novel, selective, simple, and precise method for the voltammetric determination of GSH in such real samples as hemolyzed erythrocyte.     

Direct electrochemical behavior of cytochrome c on DNA-modified glassy carbon electrode and its application to cytochrome c biosensor.

DNA was immobilized on glassy carbon electrodes to fabricate DNA-modified electrodes. The direct electron transfer of horse heart cytochrome c on DNA-modified glassy carbon electrode was achieved. A pair of well-defined redox peaks of cytochrome c appeared at Epc = -0.017 V and Epa = 0.009 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in 10 mM phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.0) at a scan rate of 50 mV/s. The electron transfer coefficient (alpha) and the standard rate constant of the surface reaction (Ks) of cytochrome c on DNA-modified electrodes could be estimated to be 0.87 and 34.52 s(-1), respectively. The DNA-modified glassy carbon electrode could be applied to detect cytochrome c by means of differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The cathodic peak current was proportional to the quantity of cytochrome c in the range of 4.0 x 10(-6) M to 1.2 x 10(-5) M. The correlation coefficient is 0.996, and with the detection limit was 1.0 x 10(-6) M (three times the ratio of signal to noise, S/N = 3).     

Electroanalytical study of sulphamerazine at a glassy-carbon electrode and its determination in pharmaceutical preparations by HPLC with amperometric detection

An electroanalytical study of the oxidation of sulphamerazine at a glassy-carbon electrode has been made by use of different voltammetric techniques. The limiting current is diffusion-controlled, at pH 7.0, for sulphamerazine in the concentration range 2.0 x 10(-5)-1.0 x 10(-4)M. The limits of determination found for differential pulse voltammetry at a stationary electrode and at a rotating electrode were 5.9 x 10(-6) and 3.3 x 10(-6)M respectively. A reversed-phase HPLC method with amperometric detection for the analysis of sulphamerazine, sulphadiazine and phthalylsulphathiazole mixtures has been developed, and applied to a commercial pharmaceutical preparation.     

木犀草素在玻碳电极上的直接电化学行为及其测定

应用循环伏安法研究木犀草素于玻碳电极的电化学行为.在磷酸盐缓冲液中(pH 4.0),-0.2~+0.8V电位区间内,木犀草素于玻碳电极表面发生的电极反应是吸附控制的准可逆2电子转移过程,电子转移系数α=0.66;建立了检测木犀草素含量的差示脉冲伏安法(DPV).在富集电位+0.4 V下,经富集240 s后,测得木犀草素氧化峰电流Ip与其浓度在1.0×10-8~1.0×10-6mol.L-1范围内呈良好的线性关系,最低检出限为5.0×10-9mol.L-1.本法操作简单、快速、灵敏、准确,可为木犀草素药物质量的控制和检测提供一种简便的新方法.