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Spectrophotometric determination of diloxanide furoate in its dosage forms. 2001

S M Al-Ghanam, and F Belal

Girls College of Science, Department of Chemistry, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

A simple and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of diloxanide furoate in its dosage forms. The method is based on the reaction of the drug with potassium permanganate in the presence of sodium hydroxide to produce a bluish green coloured species measurable at 610 nm. The absorbance-concentration plot is linear over the range 2.5-20 microg/ml with correlation coefficient (n = 8) of 0.9998 and minimum detectability of 0.2 microg/ml (6.1 x 10(-7) M). The molar absorptivity was 1.1 x 10(4) l/mol cm. The different experimental parameters affecting the development and stability of the colour were carefully studied and optimised. The proposed method was applied successfully for the determination of diloxanide furoate in its tablet form. The results obtained were in good agreement with those obtained using the official method. The proposed method could be applied to the determination of diloxanide furoate in presence of some co-formulated drugs. The effect of sensitisers and surfactants on the performance of the proposed method was also studied. A proposal of the reaction pathway was presented.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002626	Chemistry, Pharmaceutical	Chemistry dealing with the composition and preparation of agents having PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIONS or diagnostic use.	Medicinal Chemistry,Chemistry, Pharmaceutic,Pharmaceutic Chemistry,Pharmaceutical Chemistry,Chemistry, Medicinal
D005663	Furans	Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The reduced form is tetrahydrofuran.	Tetrahydrofurans
D000563	Amebicides	Agents which are destructive to amebae, especially the parasitic species causing AMEBIASIS in man and animal.	Amoebicides
D013053	Spectrophotometry	The art or process of comparing photometrically the relative intensities of the light in different parts of the spectrum.
D013607	Tablets	Solid dosage forms, of varying weight, size, and shape, which may be molded or compressed, and which contain a medicinal substance in pure or diluted form. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Tablet
D016014	Linear Models	Statistical models in which the value of a parameter for a given value of a factor is assumed to be equal to a + bx, where a and b are constants. The models predict a linear regression.	Linear Regression,Log-Linear Models,Models, Linear,Linear Model,Linear Regressions,Log Linear Models,Log-Linear Model,Model, Linear,Model, Log-Linear,Models, Log-Linear,Regression, Linear,Regressions, Linear