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...

We determined methemoglobin in blood by zero-crossing-point first-derivative spectrophotometry. After lysis of erythrocytes, hemoglobin was converted into oxyhemoglobin and the first derivative spectrum was recorded between 405 and 425 nm. At the exact point where the first-derivative spectrum of oxyhemoglobin was zero ("zero-crossing point"), the first-derivative value of oxyhemoglobin and met...

Two rapid, simple, sensitive, selective and economic derivative spectrophotometric (first [D1] and second [D2]) and synchronous spectrofluorimetric (FDSFS and SDSFS) methods have been developed for the analysis of fexofenadine hydrochloride (FXD) in the presence of its different degradation products. Derivative spectrophotometry (D1) was used to measure FXD at 223 nm in the presence of its alka...