SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC AND SPECTROFLUORIMETRIC DETERMINATION OF SOME DRUGS CONTAINING SECONDARY AMINO GROUP IN BULK DRUG AND DOSAGE FORMS VIA DERIVATIZATION WITH 7-CHLORO-4-NITROBENZOFURAZON

Abstract

Sensitive and selective spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric methods have been developed for determination of some drugs such as Pramipexole, Nebivolol, Carvedilol, and Eletriptan, which commonly contain secondary amino group. The subject methods were developed via derivatization of the secondary amino groups with 7-Chloro-4-Nitrobenzofurazon in borate buffer where a yellow colored reaction product was obtained and measured spectrophotometrically or spectrofluorimetrically. Concentration ranges were found as 2.0 to 250 mu g mL(-1) and 0.1 to 3.0 mu g mL(-1), for spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric study, respectively. The described methods can be easily applied by the quality control laboratories in routine analyses of these drugs in pharmaceutical preparations.