title: Adsorptive stripping voltammetric determination of cefetamet in human urine.
abstract: On the basis of previously established mechanism of cefetamet (CEF) reduction, two methods were suggested for CEF determination-differential pulse polarographic and differential pulse adsorptive stripping voltammetric method. Two pH values were chosen, 2.0 and 8.4, where the electrochemical process was defined as one four-electron and two two-electron processes, respectively. The methods were performed in Britton-Robinson (BR) buffer and the corresponding calibration graphs were constructed and statistical parameters were evaluated. Applying the AdSV method at pH 2.0 linearity was achieved from 2 x 10(-8) to 2 x 10(-7) M with limit detection and limit determination of 4 x 10(-9) and 1.4 x 10(-8) M, respectively. At pH 8.4, the linearity was obtained between 6 x 10(-8) and 6 x 10(-7) M, with limit detection and limit determination of 1.5 x 10(-8) and 5 x 10(-8) M, respectively. Since the AdSV method enabled lower concentrations of CEF to be determined, this method was tested for CEF determination in spiked urine samples, and DPP method was used as a comparative one.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 146, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia. m.alexic@eunet.yu
authors.forename: Mara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aleksić
authors.forename: Ljiljana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milovanović
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapetanović
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D015296:Ceftizoxime / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000652:urine*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006801:Humans; D011048:Polarography / Q000379:methods*; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C047444:cefetamet; D015296:Ceftizoxime