The determination of levofloxacin by flow injection analysis using UV detection, potentiometry, and conductometry in pharmaceutical preparations


Altiokka G., Atkosar Z., Can N.

JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS, cilt.30, sa.3, ss.881-885, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

A flow injection analysis (FIA) using UV detection, potentiometry and conductometry for levofloxacin (LVF) are described in this study. The best solvent system was found to consist of 0.2 V acetate buffer at pH 3 having 10% MeOH. A flow rate of 1 ml min(-1) was pumped and active material was detected at 288 nm. The detection limit (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) for FIA were calculated to be 3 x 10(-7) M (S/N = 3) and 1 x 10(-7) M (S/N = 10), respectively. In the analysis of tablets, the RSD values were found to be 0.83, 0.98 and 0.99 for FIA, potentiometric and conductometric methods, respectively. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.