title: Development of a voltammetric procedure for assay of the antihistamine drug hydroxyzine at a glassy carbon electrode: Quantification and pharmacokinetic studies.
abstract: An electrochemical study of hydroxyzine at a glassy carbon electrode was carried out in the Britton-Robinson universal buffer of pH 2-11. Hydroxyzine was oxidized in a single two-electron irreversible process controlled mainly by adsorption. A simple, sensitive and time-saving square-wave adsorptive anodic stripping voltammetric procedure has been developed for determination of hydroxyzine in its commercial tablets and human serum without prior extraction. The optimized procedural conditions were: frequency=120Hz, scan increment=10mV, pulse-amplitude=25mV, accumulation potential=-0.3V, accumulation time=90-300s and a Britton-Robinson universal buffer of pH 4 as a supporting electrolyte. Mean recoveries of 100.5+/-0.71 and 98.6+/-1.12% (n=5) were achieved for assay of hydroxyzine in Atarax 10 and 25mg dosage forms, respectively. Limit of detection of 1.5x10(-8)molL(-1) (5.624ngmL(-1)) and limit of quantitation of 5.0x10(-8)molL(-1) (18.746ngmL(-1)) were achieved in human serum with a mean recovery of 98.4+/-1.22%, without prior extraction of the drug. Moreover, the described procedure was applied for evaluating the pharmacokinetic parameters of hydroxyzine in plasma of two healthy volunteers after administration of a single oral dose (Atarax)-25mg).
authors: Chemistry & Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Kafr El-Sheikh, University, 33516 Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt. ambeltagi@hotmail.com
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Beltagi
authors: O M
authors: OM
authors: Abdallah
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Ghoneim
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D006919:Hydroxyzine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D006919:Hydroxyzine; D002244:Carbon