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Flow-injection spectrophotometric determination of methyldopa in pharmaceutical formulations
P R S Ribeiro1, J A Gomes Neto, L Pezza
1Instituto de Química-UNESP, P.O. Box 355, CEP 14801-970, Araraquara, SP, Brazil.
Abstract:
A flow-injection spectrophotometric procedure is proposed for methyldopa determination in pharmaceutical preparations. The determination is based on formation of a yellow product (measured at 410nm) after complexation of methyldopa with molybdate. Under optimal conditions, Beer's law is obeyed in a concentration range of 50-200mgl(-1) methyldopa. Typical correlation between absorbance and analyte concentration was 0.9999. Usual excipients used as additives in pharmaceuticals do not interfere with the proposed method. The analytical frequency was 210h(-1) and the relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) was =2% for sample solution containing 150mgl(-1) methyldopa (n=11). The analytical results obtained in commercial formulations by applying the proposed FIA method were in good agreement with labeled values and those obtained by the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia procedure at 95% confidence level.
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