title: Resolution of five-component mixture using mean centering ratio and inverse least squares chemometrics.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A comparative study of the use of mean centering of ratio spectra and inverse least squares for the resolution of paracetamol, methylparaben, propylparaben, chlorpheniramine maleate and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride has been achieved showing that the two chemometric methods provide a good example of the high resolving power of these techniques. Method (I) is the mean centering of ratio spectra which depends on using the mean centered ratio spectra in four successive steps that eliminates the derivative steps and therefore the signal to noise ratio is improved. The absorption spectra of prepared solutions were measured in the range of 220-280 nm. Method (II) is based on the inverse least squares that depend on updating developed multivariate calibration model. The absorption spectra of the prepared mixtures in the range 230-270 nm were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The linear concentration ranges were 0-25.6, 0-15.0, 0-15.0, 0-45.0 and 0-100.0 μg mL-1 for paracetamol, methylparaben, propylparaben, chlorpheniramine maleate and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, respectively. The mean recoveries for simultaneous determination were between 99.9-101.3% for the two methods. The two developed methods have been successfully used for prediction of five-component mixture in Decamol Flu syrup with good selectivity, high sensitivity and extremely low detection limit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No published method has been reported for simultaneous determination of the five components of this mixture so that the results of the mean centering of ratio spectra method were compared with those of the proposed inverse least squares method. Statistical comparison was performed using t-test and F-ratio at P = 0.05. There was no significant difference between the results.
authors.affiliation: Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Alaqsa University, P,O,Box 4051, Gaza, Palestine. rafat_nejem@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mahmoud Mohamed
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Issa
authors.forename: R'afat Mahmoud
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nejem
authors.forename: Alaa Mohamed Abu
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shanab
authors.forename: Nahed Talab
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Shaat
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