title: Voltammetric behaviour and determination of moxifloxacin in pharmaceutical products and human plasma.
abstract: The oxidative behaviour of moxifloxacin was studied at a glassy carbon electrode in different buffer systems using cyclic, differential pulse, and Osteryoung square-wave voltammetry. The oxidation process was shown to be irreversible over the entire pH range studied (2.0-10.0) and was diffusion-controlled. The methods were performed in Britton-Robinson buffer and the corresponding calibration graphs were constructed and statistical data were evaluated. When the proposed methods were applied at pH 6.0 linearity was achieved from 4.4 x 10(-7) to 1.0 x 10(-5) mol L(-1). Applicability to tablets and human plasma analysis was illustrated. Furthermore, a high-performance liquid chromatographic method with diode-array detection was developed. A calibration graph was established from 4.0 x 10(-6) to 5.0 x 10(-5) mol L(-1) moxifloxacin. The described methods were successfully employed with high precision and accuracy for estimation of the total drug content of human plasma and for pharmaceutical dosage forms of moxifloxacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, 06100, Ankara, Turkey. erk@pharmacy.ankara.edu.tr
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authors.lastname: Erk
mesh_terms: D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis*; D011048:Polarography / Q000379:methods*; D011804:Quinolines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin