title: Spectrophotometric methods for the determination of anti-emetic drugs in bulk and in pharmaceutical preparations.
abstract: Four rapid, simple, reproducible and sensitive methods (A-D) for assaying domperidone (I) and metoclopramide (II) in a bulk sample and in dosage forms were investigated. The first and second methods, A and B, are based on the oxidation of I and/or II by Fe3+ in the presence of o-phenanthroline (o-phen) or bipyridyl (bipy). The formation of tris-complex upon reactions with Fe3+-o-phen and/or Fe3+-bipy mixture in an acetate buffer solution of the optimum pH-values was demonstrated. Methods C and D involve the addition of excess Ce4+ and the determination of unreacted oxidant by a decrease of the red color of chromotrope 2R (C2R) at a suitable lambda(max) of 528 nm for method C, or a decrease in the orange pink color of Rhodamine 6G (Rh6G) at a suitable lambda(max) value of 525 nm for method D. A regression analysis of Beer-Lambert plots showed a good correlation in the concentration range of 0.2-5.8 microg ml(-1). The apparent molar absorptivity, Sandell sensitivity, detection and quantification limits were calculated. For a more accurate analysis, the Ringbom optimum concentration ranges are 0.35-5.6 microg ml(-1). The developed methods were successfully applied to the determination of domperidone and metoclopramide in bulk and pharmaceutical preparations without any interference from common excipients.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.
authors.forename: Alaa S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Gamal H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ragab
mesh_terms: D000932:Antiemetics / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004304:Dosage Forms; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000932:Antiemetics; D004304:Dosage Forms; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations