Abstract: | Abstract Dopamine can be determined by voltammetric methods using a mercury electrode, previously oxidized at +0.30 V. The oxidation product formed is stabilized in the presence of citrate and undergoes reduction at ?0.31 V. This work describes the electrochemical behavior of dopamine at a mercury electrode in the presence of citrate and its application in the development of a square‐wave voltammetric method for the dopamine determination in pharmaceutical formulations. The method was in‐house validated for determination of dopamine in injectable formulations. The detectability of the method was 0.02 µg ml?1. |