Determinação espectrofotométrica de hexametilenotetramina (HMT) em medicamentos, utilizando ácido cromotrópico e forno de micro-ondas

This paper proposes a methodology for spectrophotometric determination of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) by using chromotropic acid in a phosphoric acid media employing a domestic microwave oven as a source of heating. The reddish-purple soluble product is quantitatively formed after 30 s of irradiation and obeys the Beer´s law in the range between 0.1-1.2 mg L-1 HMT (r = 0.99925). The method was applied successfully in commercial pharmaceutical preparations containing dyes in their composition. The results showed that the method proposed is feasible for simplicity, speed, low cost, precision and accuracy when compared with United States Pharmacopeia official method

Spectrophotometric determination of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) in pharmaceutical preparations using chromotropic acid and microwave oven

This paper proposes a methodology for spectrophotometric determination of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) by using chromotropic acid in a phosphoric acid media employing a domestic microwave oven as a source of heating. The reddish-purple soluble product is quantitatively formed after 30 s of irradiation and obeys the Beer´s law in the range between 0.1-1.2 mg L-1 HMT (r = 0.99925). The method was applied successfully in commercial pharmaceutical preparations containing dyes in their composition. The results showed that the method proposed is feasible for simplicity, speed, low cost, precision and accuracy when compared with United States Pharmacopeia official method.24582463Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES

Determinação espectrofotométrica por injeção em fluxo de glifosato em formulações comerciais de herbicidas

A flow injection spectrophotometric procedure for the determination of glyphosate in commercial formulations of herbicides is proposed. The determination is based on the reaction of glyphosate and p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde, in acid medium, yielding a colored compound (l máx = 495 nm). Under optimal conditions, Beer's law is obeyed in a concentration range 40-640 mg mL-1 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9996. The detection limit was 8.60 mg mL-1 for glyphosate. The method was successfully applied for the determination of glyphosate in commercial formulations of herbicides. Recovery of glyphosate from various commercial samples of herbicides range from 91.0 to 110%

Development and application of a portable instrument for drugs analysis in pharmaceutical preparations

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)This article describes the application and performance of an inexpensive, simple and portable device for colorimetric quantitative determination of drugs in pharmaceutical preparations. The sensor is a light detector resistor (LDR) incorporated into a black PTFE cell and coupled to a low-cost multimeter (Ohmmeter). Quantitative studies were performed with captopril/p-chloranil/H2O2 and methyldopa/ammonium molybdate systems. Calibration curves were obtained by plotting the electrical resistance of the LDR against the concentration of the colored species in the ranges 1.84 x 10(-4) to 1.29 x 10(-3) mol L-1 and 5.04 x 10(-4) to 2.52 x 10(-3) mol L-1 for captopril/p-chloranil/H2O2 and methyldopa/ammonium molybdate systems, respectively, exhibiting good coefficients of determination. Statistical analysis of the results obtained showed no significant difference between the proposed methodologies and the official reported methods, as evidenced by the t-test and variance ratio at a 95% confidence level. The results of this study demonstrate the applicability of the instrument for simple, accurate, precise, fast, in situ and low-cost colorimetric analysis of drugs in pharmaceutical products.This article describes the application and performance of an inexpensive, simple and portable device for colorimetric quantitative determination of drugs in pharmaceutical preparations. The sensor is a light detector resistor (LDR) incorporated into a bla513699708CAPES - COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL DE NÍVEL SUPERIORFAPESP - FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULOCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)sem informaçãosem informaçãoWe would like to thank the FUNDUNESP, CAPES and FAPESP Foundations (Brazil) for financial support and Prof. Adriana V. Rossi for donating the prototype of the portable electrochemical device used in this stud

Development and application of a portable instrument for drugs analysis in pharmaceutical preparations

This article describes the application and performance of an inexpensive, simple and portable device for colorimetric quantitative determination of drugs in pharmaceutical preparations. The sensor is a light detector resistor (LDR) incorporated into a black PTFE cell and coupled to a low-cost multimeter (Ohmmeter). Quantitative studies were performed with captopril/p-chloranil/H2O2 and methyldopa/ammonium molybdate systems. Calibration curves were obtained by plotting the electrical resistance of the LDR against the concentration of the colored species in the ranges 1.84 × 10-4 to 1.29 × 10-3mol L-1 and 5.04 × 10-4 to 2.52 × 10-3 mol L-1 for captopril/p-chloranil/H2O2 and methyldopa/ammonium molybdate systems, respectively, exhibiting good coefficients of determination. Statistical analysis of the results obtained showed no significant difference between the proposed methodologies and the official reported methods, as evidenced by the t-test and variance ratio at a 95% confidence level. The results of this study demonstrate the applicability of the instrument for simple, accurate, precise, fast,in situ and low-cost colorimetric analysis of drugs in pharmaceutical products.Este artigo descreve o desenvolvimento e a aplicação de um dispositivo portátil, simples e barato para a determinação colorimétrica quantitativa de fármacos em formulações farmacêuticas. O sensor é um resistor detector de luz (RDL) colocado numa célula de PTFE e acoplado a um multímetro de baixo custo. Os estudos quantitativos foram realizados utilizando captopril/p-cloranil/H2O2 e metildopa/molibdato de amônio como sistemas reacionais. As curvas de calibração foram obtidas através da representação gráfica da resistência elétrica do RDL contra a concentração dos complexos coloridos formados nas faixas de 1,84 × 10-4 e 1,29 × 10-3 mol L-1 e 5,04 × 10-4 e 2,52 × 10- 3 mol L-1 para captopril/p-cloranil/H2O2 e de metildopa/molibdato de amônio, respectivamente, com bons coeficientes de determinação. As análises estatísticas dos resultados obtidos mostraram que não houve diferença significativa entre os métodos propostos e os métodos oficiais como evidente a partir dos testes "t-Student" eF-Fisher, com nível de confiança de 95%. Os resultados deste estudo demonstram que o instrumento proposto neste trabalho é simples, de fácil operação, baixo custo e apresentou boa exatidão e boa precisão para o doseamento de fármacos em medicamentos

Sequential injection analysis system with spectrophotometric detection for determination of norfloxacin and ciprofloxacin in pharmaceutical formulations

This work proposes a sequential injection analysis (SIA) system for the spectrophotometric determination of norfloxacin (NOR) and ciprofloxacin (CIP) in pharmaceutical formulations. The methodology was based on the reaction of these drugs with p-(dimethylamino)cinnamaldehyde in micellar medium, producing orange colored products (λmax = 495 nm). Beer´s law was obeyed in the concentration range from 2.75x10-5 to 3.44x10-4 mol L-1 and 3.26x10-5 to 3.54x10-4 mol L-1 for NOR and CIP, respectively and sampling rate was 25 h-1. Commercial samples were analyzed and results obtained through the proposed method were in good agreement with those obtained using the reference procedure for a 95% confidence level

Study autoxidation [Ni(cyclam)]2+ induced by oxide S(IV)

A autoxidação de [Ni(cyclam)]2+ (cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazociclotetradecano) induzida por S(IV) foi estudada acompanhando-se espectrofotometricamente, em função do tempo, a formação de [Ni(cyclam)]3+ em soluções saturadas com oxigênio contendo: [Ni(cyclam)]2+ 6,0 x10-3 mol L-1, [Ni(cyclam)]3+ (inicial) 8,0x10-6 mol L-1, cyclam 6,0x10-3 mol L-1, S(IV) (1,0 - 5,0)x10-4 mol L-1 e HClO4 1,0 mol L-1 a T = 25,0 °C e força iônica 1,0 mol L-1. A reação de autoxidação exibe um comportamento autocatalítico no qual o período de indução depende da concentração inicial de Ni(III). O estudo cinético da redução de Ni(III) por S(IV), sob condições anaeróbicas, e a autoxidação de Ni(II) mostraram que a etapa determinante da velocidade da reação é a redução de Ni(III) por S(IV) para produzir o radical SO3•-, que reage com o oxigênio dissolvido produzindo SO5•- o qual rapidamente reoxida o Ni(II). Os resultados mostram claramente um ciclo redox que depende do balanço entre a concentração de S(IV) e oxigênio. Quando a reação se processa na presença de Co(III) (10-6 a 10-4 mol L-1) e de Mn(II) (10-3 a 10-2 mol L-1) constatou-se a ocorrência de efeito sinérgico positivo na formação de [Ni(cyclam)]3+.The autoxidation of [Ni(cyclam)]2+, cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, accelerated by sulfur dioxide was studied by spectrophotometrically monitoring the formation of [Ni(cyclam)3+ under the conditions: [Ni(cyclam)]2+ = 6.0 x 10-3 mol L-1; initial [Ni(cyclam)]3+ = 8.0 x 10-6 mol L-1; [cyclam] = 6.0 x 10-3 mol L-1 ; [S(IV)] = (1.0 - 5.0) x10-4 mol L-1 and 1.0 mol L-1 perchloric acid in oxygen saturated solutions at 25.0 °C and ionic strength 1.0 mol L-1. The autoxidation reaction exhibits an autocatalytic behavior in which the induction period depends on the initial Ni(III) concentration. The kinetic study of the reduction of Ni(III) by S(IV), under anaerobic conditions, and autoxidation of Ni(II) showed as the rate-determining step the reduction of Ni(III) by S(IV) to produce SO3•- radical, which reacts with dissolved oxygen to produce SO5•- and rapidly oxidizes Ni(II). The results clearly show a redox cycling process which depends on the balance of S(IV) and oxygen concentration. The sinergystic effect of the Co(III) and Mn(II) was studied. Both exhibit a positive synergistic effect in the sulfite-induced aLrtoxidation of Ni(II)

Flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of azithromycin in pharmaceutical formulations using p-chloranil in the presence of hydrogen peroxide

A flow-injection (FI) spectrophotometric procedure exploiting merging zones is proposed for the determination of azithromycin in pharmaceutical formulations. The method is based on the reaction of azithromycin with tetrachloro-phenzoquinone (p-chloranil) accelerated by hydrogen peroxide and conducted in a methanol medium, producing a purple-red color compound (lambda(max) = 540 nm). The FI system and the experimental conditions were optimized using a multivariate method. Beer's law is obeyed in a concentration range of 50 - 1600 mu g mL(-1) with an excellent correlation coefficient (r = 0.9998). The detection limit and the quantification limit were 6.6 and 22.1 mu g mL(-1), respectively. No interference was observed from the common excipients, and the recoveries were within 98.6 to 100.4%. The procedure was applied to the determination of azithromycin in pharmaceuticals with a high sampling rate (65 samples h(-1)). The results obtained by the proposed method were in good agreement with those obtained by the comparative method at 95% confidence level

Determinação espectrofotométrica de citrato de sildenafil em formulações farmacêuticas Spectrophotometric determination of sildenafil citrate in pharmaceutical formulations

<abstract language="eng">This paper describes a simple and rapid spectrophotometric method for quantitative determination of sildenafil citrate based on its reaction with p-chloranil accelerated by hydrogen peroxide, producing a stable purple compound (&#955;max= 535 nm). In the absence of peroxide this reaction is very slow. The experimental conditions were optimized by using response surface methodologies. Beer's law is obeyed in a concentration range of 8.52 x 10-5 - 1.70 x 10-3 mol L-1 (r = 0.999). The detection limit was 1.96 x 10-5 mol L-1. The method was successfully applied for the determination of sildenafil citrate in medicines with good accuracy and precision