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Spectrophotometric determination of sulphamethoxazole and trimethoprim (co-trimoxazole) in binary mixtures and in tablets
Abstract
Objective : The objective of the present work was to assess whether derivative spectrophotometry could be used to circumvent the overlapping spectral bands of the components and hence use it for routine analysis of the drug.
Study design : Experimental
Methods : The aqueous solution of the individual drugs and their binary mixutres were scanned on zero order and on first derivative at the wave length between 200- 300nm and at the pH of 4.5. ResultsThe zero-order spectra of the compounds were completely overlapping. However the first-derivative scan offered better separation and hence T was determined from the absorbance at 237.6nm with negligible contribution from S (since at this point it was reading zero). Likewise S was determined at a wavelength of 259nm when T was reading zero. The linear calibration graphs were obtained for 4-25gml-1 of S and for 4-20gml-1 of T.
Conclusion : The method is rapid, simple and can be applied successfully to assay a mixture of the two drugs in pharmaceutical preparations.
Key words : sulphamethoxazole, trimethoprim, derivative spectroscopy, simultaneous determination.
African Health Sciences 2002;2(2):56-62
