title: Development and validation of spectrophotometric method of cefpodoxime proxetil using hydrotropic solubilizing agents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and validate specific and accurate UV spectrophotometric method of cefpodoxime proxetil by using different hydrotropic solubilizing agents.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study deals with spectrophotometric analysis of cefpodoxime proxetil by utilizing 4 different hydrotropic agents such as ammonium acetate (6 M), sodium citrate (1.25 M), sodium gycinate (1 M), sodium chloride (1 M), and urea (1 M).
  
  
  RESULTS
  From different hydrotropic agents, urea showed best aqueous solubility of cefpodoxime proxetil. The linearity was observed in the concentration range of 10-120 μg/ml. The method was validated and found to be precise. Accuracy (percent recovery) for cefpodoxime proxetil was found to be 99.82 ± 0.106.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Urea as hydrotropic agent showed best aqueous solubility of cefpodoxime proxetil, which can be used as solubilizing agent. The proposed method is new, simple, safe, eco-friendly, economic, accurate, and cost-effective and can be successfully employed in routine analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, Genba Sopanrao Moze College of Pharmacy, Wagholi, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Geet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Asnani
authors.forename: Kiran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jadhav
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dhamecha
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sankh
authors.forename: Mrityunjaya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patil
keywords: Eco-friendly; hydrotropic solubilization; safe; spectrophotometric; urea