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Spectrofluorimetric analysis of cefoxitin in pharmaceutical dosage
J A Murillo1, J M Lemus, L F García
1Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 13071 Ciudad Real, Spain.
Abstract:
A fluorescence method involving sample pre-treatment is investigated concerning the determination of cefoxitin. A fluorescent product is formed when samples containing cefoxitin are subjected to alkaline hydrolysis with 1.0M sodium hydroxide and heated for 60 min at 90 degrees . The fluorescence is measured in ethanol/water medium (50% v/v) at approximately pH 2.0 provided by adding of 0.1M hydrochloric acid. The fluorescence excitation and emission maxima were 317 and 400 nm, respectively. The quantitative range is between 0.020 and 1.40 mug/ml. A detection limit of 2 x 10(-3) mug/ml was found. The proposed method has been applied to the determination of cefoxitin in commercial injections, saline and glucosed physiological serum.
