New simple and sensitive spectrophotometric and fluorimetric methods have been developed and validated for the determination of fluoxetine hydrochloride (FLX) in its pharmaceutical formulations. The spectrophotometric method was based on the reaction of FLX with 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulphonate (NQS) in an alkaline medium (pH 11) to form an orange-colored product that was measured at 490 nm. The...

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are a family of structurally related artificial nanomaterials with unusual properties and many potential applications. Most SWCNTs can emit spectrally narrow near-IR fluorescence at wavelengths that are characteristic of their precise diameter and chiral angle. Near-IR fluorimetry therefore offers a powerful approach for identifying the structural species...

We have proposed the use of the fluorimetric method with 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate (4-MUP) specific substrate for the alkaline phosphatase determination in the neutrophil adhesion assay. We provide evidence that the endogenous neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) activity evaluation is reliable to quantify neutrophil adhesion at a wide range of cell numbers (10(4)-10(6)). The results obta...

A semiautomatic determination of glycerol is described, in which luminescence produced by bacterial NADH-linked luciferase is measured by an automatic luminescence analyser (Berthold LB 950 T). The glycerol determination is based on the enzymatic conversion of glycerol to 3-phosphoglycerate, made irreversible by the presence of arsenate. NADH, formed in the glycerol-3-phosphate and glyceraldehy...

STRONGLY ALKALINE SOLUTIONS ninhydrin (1,2,3 indantrione hy) combines with guanidine, monosubstituted guanidines, and disubstituted guanidines to form highly fluorescent addition ucts (1). This reaction has been used as the basis for a simple, itive fluorimetric method for the determination of creatine in m, blood, and urine. he most widely used methods for determining creatine are based n the ...

Nematodes infections are responsible for debilitating conditions and economic losses in domestic animals as well as livestock and are considered an important public health problem due to the high prevalence in humans. The nematode resistance for drugs has been reported for livestock, highlighting the importance for development of new anthelmintic compounds. The aim of the current study was to a...

Two organoboron based fluorophores pyrazabole and BODIPY have been designed and synthesized by the Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction and successfully employed for fluoride and cyanide ion sensing. Pyrazabole acts as a fluorimetric sensor, whereas BODIPY acts as a fluorimetric as well as colorimetric sensor for fluoride and cyanide ions with ratiometric response. The photophysical...