Determination of Strychnine and Brucine in Strychnos nux-vomica L. by Nonaqueous Capillary Electrophoresis

A nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis method with photo diode-array detection was developed for the analysis of strychnine and brucine in Strychnos nux-vomica L. The separation of the two alkaloids was optimized with respect to the concentration of Tris-boric acid, the proportion of methanol and acetonitrile, and applied voltage. Baseline separation was obtained for the two analytes within 10 min using a running buffer containing 25 mM Tris-boric acid, 60% methanol and 20% acetonitrile with acetic acid adjusting pH to 4.0. In this paper, the method was used to determine the contents of strychnine and brucine in raw material and prepared Strychnos nux-vomica L.     

Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric Behavior of Probucole. Experimental and Theoretical Treatment

 Adsorptive stripping voltammetric behavior of probucole has been studied by means of cyclic staircase and square-wave voltammetry. It was found that the redox reaction of probucole in an aqueous medium exhibits properties of a surface process involving significant repulsion interactions between adsorbed molecules. A theoretical model was developed to explain the experimentally observed phenomena. Analytical application of the adsorptive stripping square-wave voltammetry for quantitative determination of probucole has been discussed. Received December 15, 2000. Revision June 20, 2001.     

头孢噻肟钠的极谱伏安行为及其单扫描示波极谱法测定

以多种电化学手段研究了头孢噻肟钠的极谱伏安行为，在磷酸盐缓冲溶液中，头孢噻肟钠产生了一个不可逆吸附不原波，其峰电位为－０．７７Ｖ（ｖｓ．ＳＣＥ）。有二个电子和一个质子参与了电极反应。电极反应速率常数Ｋｓ为９．０×１０＾－６ｃｍ．ｓ＾－１。     

A New Approach for Voltammetric Determination of Nefopam and its Metabolite

In present paper we described a new simple voltammetric method of determination of nefopam alkaloid and its metabolite – N‐oxide. N‐oxide of nefopam is reduced at the dropping mercury electrode (DME) and silver solid amalgam electrodes (AgSAE), which can effectively replace mercury and chemically modified electrodes. The reduction consists of two one‐electron stages each accompanied with one proton transfer. N‐oxide of nefopam can be obtained from nefopam substance by oxidation with potassium peroxymonosulfate. It was studied the effect of various factors on N‐oxide quantitative yield (pH, oxidation duration, reagents concentration) as well as on the reduction of N‐oxide at DME and p‐AgSAE (pH, the nature of background electrolyte, potential and time of accumulation). It was showed that the reduction current linearly increased with increasing of concentration of analgesic. Limit of quantiation is 10^?6 mol L^?1 at DME and 10^?7 mol L^?1 at p‐AgSAE. The developed method was applied for the analysis of commercial drug solution for injection “Nefopam” with recovery of 96.7 %, as well as for the spiked human urine samples. Excellent repeatability with a relative standard deviation below 5 % was achieved.     

TLC Determination of Strychnine and Brucine of Strychnos nux vomica in Ayurveda and Homeopathy Drugs

Strychnos nux vomica is an important plant source for drugs of ayurvedic and homeopathic system of medicine. In this paper a thin layer chromatographic (TLC) method has been developed for the quantitative estimation of the two major alkaloids strychnine and brucine in the plant fruit and in ayurvedic and homeopathic drugs. Chloroform–ethyl acetate–diethyl amine (0.5:8.5:1) as mobile phase gave clear separation with no interference between the bioactive markers. The R _f values for strychnine and brucine were 0.55 and 0.42. The TLC method was found to be precise, rugged, robust and accurate with recovery of strychnine in the range 93.11–99.82% and brucine 96.95–99.48%. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) for strychnine were 1.9 and 8.25 ng and for brucine 2.2 and 9.2 ng respectively.     

多菌灵在玻碳电极上的伏安行为及其应用

应用循环伏安法、微分脉冲伏安法对多菌灵在破碳电极上的电化学行为及其测定进行了研究。在ｐＨ＝９．０的２ｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＮＨ３－ＮＨ４Ｃｌ底液中，对其进行循环伏安扫描，发现于０．６１Ｖ（ｖｓ．Ａｇ／ＡｇＣｌ）产生一灵敏的氧化峰。微分脉冲伏安法殉菌灵的检测限为４×１０＾－８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。多菌灵的浓度在５．０×１０＾－７￣１．０×１０＾－５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ间与微分脉冲伏安峰电流呈线性关系（ｒ＝０．９９４２）。对于１×     

Studies on the Voltammetric Behavior of Nicardipine Hydrochloride,its Voltammetric Determination at the Co/GC Modified Electrode

To whom correspondence should be addressed. In a 0.02 mol/L BR buffer solution(pH=5.52), the electrochemical behaviour of nicardipine hydrochloride was studied by linearsweep voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry at a Co/GC ion implantation modified electrode. The experiments showed that the electrode had a good stability, reproductivity. The peak height was proportional to the concentration of nicardipine over the range of 4.0×10^-7—1.0×10^-4 mol/L, the detection limit was 1.0×10^-7 mol/L. This method has been used for the direct determination of nicardipine in tablets. Its recoveries were in the range from 95.6% to 103.8%. The reduction of nicardipine at the Co/GC electrode was an irreversible proccess.     

Voltammetric study on the interaction of heparin with toluidine blue, and its analytical application

The interaction of heparin with toluidine blue (TB) was studied by voltammetry. In pH 5.8 Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer, heparin, which is negatively charged, easily binds to the positively charged TB to form a polyelectrolyte complex. Due to the formation of the complex, the well-defined redox peaks of TB at the glass carbon electrode decreased correspondingly without the movement of the peak potential after the addition of heparin. The reaction conditions were optimized carefully. Based on the decrease of the peak current of TB solution, a new electrochemical analytical method was established for heparin with a linear range from 1.0 to 20.0 μg mL⁻¹ and a detection limit of 0.44 μg mL⁻¹. The relative standard deviation (RSD) for five parallel determinations of 10.0 μg mL⁻¹ heparin was 1.07%. This new method was applied to the determination of heparin in heparin sodium injection samples with satisfactory results.     

Voltammetric Studies of Propylthiouracil at a Carbon-Paste Electrode Modified with Cobalt(II)-4-chlorosalophen: Application to Voltammetric Determination in Pharmaceutical and Clinical Preparations

A carbon-paste electrode chemically modified with a Schiff-base complex of cobalt (cobalt(II)-4-chlorosalophen, CoClSal) is utilized to investigate the voltammetric response of propylthiouracil (PTU). The mechanism of electrocatalytic oxidation of the compound is investigated by means of cyclic voltammetric studies applying various pHs to the buffered solutions. The modified electrode exhibits effective catalytic properties that lower the anodic overpotential and enhance the rate of electron transfer for the electrochemical oxidation of PTU. The results of the cyclic voltammetric (CV) and differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) techniques showed that the modified electrode exhibits good selectivity for discriminating between the anodic wave of PTU and some biological thiols (e.g. cysteine) which may be present in human serum samples. DPV is used as a very sensitive electroanalytical method for the detection of trace amounts of PTU in pharmaceutical and clinical preparations. The results showed that the anodic peak current for the analyte in DPV varies linearly with the concentration of PTU in the range of 7.5 × 10⁻⁶ to 7.5 × 10⁻⁴ M (RSD for the slope of calibration curve <4%, n = 6).     

Voltammetric Behavior and Determination of Cinnarizine in Pharmaceutical Formulations and Serum

Abstract

The electrochemical reduction of cinnarizine was investigated by cyclic and linear sweep adsorptive voltammetry at glassy carbon electrode in Britton-Robinson buffers over the pH range 2.5–11.5. For analytical purposes, a well-defined adsorption-controlled cathodic peak was obtained at pH 2.5. By cathodic adsorptive linear sweep voltammetry, a linear calibration plot was obtained in the range of 2.0 × 10^?7 to 5.0 × 10^?6 mol L^?1 with detection limit of 9.0 × 10^?9 mol L^?1. The method was successfully applied to the determination of cinnarizine in commercial formulations with mean recovery and relative standard deviation of 100.24% and 1.46, respectively. The proposed method was also applied for drug determination in spiked serum samples by applying the standard addition method with a mean recovery of 97.80% and standard deviation of 3.06.     

Direct Voltammetric Determination of Redox‐Active Iron in Carbon Nanotubes

With the advances in nanotechnology over the past decade, consumer products are increasingly being incorporated with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). As the harmful effects of CNTs are suggested to be primarily due to the bioavailable amounts of metallic impurities, it is vital to detect and quantify these species using sensitive and facile methods. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the possibility of quantifying the amount of redox‐available iron‐containing impurities in CNTs with voltammetric techniques such as cyclic voltammetry. We examined the electrochemistry of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in phosphate buffer solution and discovered that its electrochemical behavior could be affected by pH of the electrolyte. By utilizing the unique redox reaction between the iron and phosphate species, the redox available iron content in CNTs was determined successfully using voltammetry.     

Studies on the Voltammetric Behavior of Nicardipine Hydrochloride and its Voltammetric Determination at the Co/GC Modified Electrode

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＴｈｅｔｅｃｈｎｉｑｕｅｏｆｉｏｎｉｍｐｌａｎｔａｔｉｏｎｈａｓｂｅｅｎｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｅｄａｓａｍｅａｎｓｏｆｉｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｎｇｆｏｒｅｉｇｎａｔｏｍｓｉｎｔｏｔｈｅｓｕｒｆａｃｅｌａｙｅｒｓｏｆａｓｏｌｉｄ．Ｔｈｉｓｔ...     

葛根素的循环伏安测定及其电化学行为研究

在0.02 mol/L NH4Cl-NH3.H2O(pH8.0)的底液中,采用循环伏安法测定葛根素,得到一良好的氧化峰,峰电位Ep=+0.57V,峰电流Ip与葛根素的浓度在1.046×10-7～5.767×10-5mol/L范围内成线性关系,相关系数r为0.9989,检出限为1.046×10-7mol/L.测定葛根中葛根素的含量,平均回收率在99.8%.并且研究了葛根素在玻碳电极上的电化学行为,结果表明葛根素的电极过程具有吸附性和不可逆性.     

Indirect Voltammetric Determination of Iron at Parts-Per-Million Levels Using Either Ferron or BPDS

Abstract

The electrochemical behavior of ferron and BPDS (bathophenanthrolinedisulfonic acid) in 0.5 M HAc/NaAc at pH 4.7 is studied by cyclic voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode. Ferron shows a very sharp oxidation peak at + 0.74 V vs SCE while BPDS shows a sharp reduction peak at - 1.03 V. The heights of the peaks are shown to be inversely proportional to the iron (III) and iron (II) concentration of the solution, respectively. Linear calibration plots are obtained between 5 and 60 ppm of iron (III) for ferron and 0 to 60 ppm of iron (II) for BPDS using, initially, 4.00 mM solution of each reagent. A simple and fast procedure was developed for the analysis of iron content in pharmaceutical samples. The results are comparable with those found by spectrophotometry.     

米托蒽醌的吸附行为及其吸附伏安测定法研究

本文研究了米托蒽醌在悬汞电极上的吸附行为，在此基础上建立了米托蒽醌的吸附伏安测定方法。在ｐＨ为２．２的Ｂ．Ｒ缓冲体系中，米托蒽醌浓度在１．１×１０＾－６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ～１．１×１０＾－９ｍｏｌ／Ｌ范围内，浓度与电流呈线性，检出限可达５．５×１０＾－１０ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。若在盐酸－柠檬酸钠（ｐＨ为１．２５）缓冲体系中，检出限可低至１．１×１０＾－１１２ｍｏｌ／Ｌ。方法可用于尿样或血样中米托蒽醌的测定。     

血红蛋白在月桂酸修饰玻碳电极的电催化行为

研究血红蛋白在月桂酸修饰电极上的电化学行为,在0.02mol.L-1KH2PO4-Na2HPO4(pH=7)的缓冲液中,+0.6～-0.7V(vs.Ag/AgCl)电位范围内,Hb于该修饰电极产生不可逆还原电流峰.还原峰电流ip与v1/2呈线性关系,ip随溶液pH值和血红蛋白浓度的增加而增大,其浓度在1.00×10-8～5.00×10-9mol.L-1和1.92×10-6～2.06×10-7mol.L-1范围内分段呈线性变化关系.实验数据经进一步分析拟合,得到更精确的信息.该电极可作为检测血红蛋白的新型电化学生物传感器.     

Cathodic Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetric Determination of the Antitumor Drug Rutin in Pharmaceuticals, Human Urine, and Blood Serum

Cathodic adsorptive stripping voltammetry (CASV) was applied for the determination of rutin in pharmaceuticals, human urine, and blood serum. An electrochemical stripping procedure for trace measurements of rutin was developed based on the adsorption of the Cu²⁺-rutin complex on a hanging mercury drop electrode and applied to the quantification of the drug. Cyclic voltammetry was used to characterize the interfacial and redox behavior of the adsorbed Cu²⁺-rutin complex. Experimental and instrumental parameters for quantitative determination were optimized, and a detection limit of 4.9 × 10⁻⁹ mol · L⁻¹ in presence of Cu²⁺-ions for quantification of rutin under optimum conditions was derived. The sharp peak of the adsorbed Cu²⁺-rutin complex associated with an effective interfacial accumulation of this compound facilitates the determination of rutin in biological fluids with good recoveries. The degree of interference from potentially present metal ions and organic compounds on the CASV signal for Cu²⁺-rutin complex was evaluated.     

Voltammetric Analysis of the Novel Atypical Antipsychotic Drug Quetiapine in Human Serum and Urine

The electrooxidative behaviour and determination of quetiapine (QTP), a dibenzothiazepine derivative and antipsychotic agent, on a glassy carbon disc electrode was investigated using cyclic (CV), linear sweep (LSV), differential pulse (DPV) and Osteryoung square wave voltammetry (OSWV). Fully validated DP and SW voltammetric procedures are described for the determination of QTP. QTP in pH 3.5 acetate buffer solution presents a well-defined anodic response, studied by the proposed methods. This main response was due to the irreversible, diffusion-controlled, one-electron and one-proton oxidation of the aliphatic nitrogen of the piperazine ring. Under optimal conditions, a detection limit of 4.0 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ for DPV and 1.33 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ for OSWV, and a linear calibration graph in the range from 4.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 2.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol L⁻¹ were obtained for both methods. The procedure was successfully applied to the determination of the drug in tablets, human serum and human urine with good recoveries. The detection limits were 6.20 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ and 5.92 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ in human serum and 1.44 × 10⁻⁷ mol L⁻¹ and 1.31 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ in human urine, for the DPV and OSWV method, respectively.