Spectrophotometric determination of Fe(II) and Zn(II) in the pharmaceutical multivitamin preparations with
Stanisław Zareba1, Arkadiusz Pomykalski, Zbigniew Marzec
1Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, 4 Staszica Str., 20-016 Lublin, Poland.
Abstract:
3-mercapto-5-(3,4-dihydroxyphenylazo-1')-1,2,4-triazole (METRIAP), 3-mercapto-5-(2,4-dihydroxy-3-carboxyphenylazo-1)-1,2,4-triazole (METRIAREZ-gamma) and 2-mercapto-5-(2,4-dihydroxy-5-carboxyphenylazol-)-1,3,4-thiadiazole (METIDAREZ-beta), reagents synthesized in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry of Medical University in Lublin, have been used to determine Fe(II) and Zn(II) in Materna, Centrum, H-Pantoten pharmaceutical multivitamin preparations, containing other trace elements. Zn (II) with METRIAREZ-gamma at pH=7.35, and Fe(II) with METRIAP and METIDAREZ-beta at pH=10.30 or 7.40 constitute soluble in H2O colourful chelate compound at a mole ratio of 1:2 and 1:3, respectively. Volume stability constant of Fe(II) and Zn(II) complexes is equal to log K(METRIAP-Fe(II)) = 16.46; log K(METRIAREZ-beta-Fe(II)) = 14.253; log K(METRIAREZ-gammaZn(II)) = 11.47. Fe(III) and Zn(II) solutions were obtained by wet mineralisation of Materna, Centrum and H-Pantoten preparations with concentrated H2SO4 and 30% H2O2 added. Spectrophotometric determination was carried out in an aqueous-methanolic solution environment. Statistically evaluated results were compared with the results of the AAS (atomic absorption spectrophotometry) determination method. Advantages of the Fe(II) and Zn(II) determination method are its precision RSD = 0.23%-2.09% and repeatability as well as the possibility of Fe(II) determination without the necessity of masking or separating other trace elements.
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