BACKGROUND The formulation of sulphamethoxazole (S) and trimethoprin (T) (CO-TRIMOXAZOLE) in a combination mixture is very good pharmacologically since it enhances the efficacy of the individual drugs. However in this combination, difficulties in analysis on ordinary UV spectrophotometry are introduced because the two components give overlapping spectral bands on zero-order. The United States P...

BACKGROUND Paraquat (PQ) is a world-wide used herbicide and also a type of common poison for suicide and accidental poisoning. Numerous studies have proved that the concentration of serum PQ plays an important role in prognosis. Spectrophotometry, including common spectrophotometry and second-derivative spectrophotometry, is commonly used for PQ detection in primary hospitals. So far, lack of s...

Two simple, rapid, sensitive and accurate UVspectrophotometry (method I) and First order derivative (method II) have been developed for estimation of rabeprazole sodium in bulk and tablets. In (10% v/v) acetonitrile, the λmax of rabeprazole sodium was found to be 284 nm. The same spectrum was derivatised into first order derivative at Δλ = 2 and amplitude of the trough was recorded at 298 nm. I...

A first-derivative spectrophotometric method was developed for quantitative determination of two synthetic organic dyes, Carmoisine and Patent Blue V, which are under governmental regulations all over the world because of their toxicity and carcinogenity. In this study, Carmoisine and Patent Blue V were simultaneously determined in their binary mixtures by first-derivative spectrophotometry. Th...

Hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) is a thiazide diuretic which reduces the resorption of electrolytes and consequently of water. Enalapril maleate (EM) is a derivative of 2 amino acids, L-alanine and L-proline, and is an antihypertensive and a vasodilator in congestive heart failure. The 2 drugs are used in association in the treatment of hypertension . Several methods are available in the literature f...

The degradation behavior of cefixime trihydrate was investigated under different stress conditions of acidic hydrolysis, alkaline hydrolysis and oxidation using spectrophotometry. Stability indicating spectrophotometric methods were developed that could separate the drug from its degradation products formed under these stress conditions. The UV spectral characteristics of the drug and degraded ...

Various aspects of application of derivative spectrophotometry in chemical analysis and in investigations of equilibria and kinetics of reactions are scrutinized. The presented paper provides useful information about state-of-the-art and possibilities offered by derivative spectrophotometry in pharmaceutical, clinical or environmental fields of analysis.