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Coherent anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscopy Visualizes Pharmaceutical Tablets During Dissolution
Published on: July 4, 2014
Spectrophotometric method based on Continuous wavelet transform and ratio substraction methods for the rapid
Saeedeh Hajilo1, Mahmoud Reza Sohrabi1
1Department of Chemistry, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
The present study quantified simultaneous determination of the active components included in Valzomix HCT tablets are hydrochlorothiazide (HCT), valsartan (VAL), and amlodipine (AML). Two chemometric methods-continuous wavelet transform (CWT) and ratio subtraction (RS)-along with a rapid and effective spectrophotometric approach-which does not require preparatory separation-were used to do the analysis. The CWT approach applied the zero-crossing method to analyze several wavelet families and selected the Daubechies 2, Symlet 2, and Biorthogonal 1.3 wavelets. At wavelengths of 215, 224, and 233 nm, respectively, each wavelet was selected based on its unique scale characteristics for the purpose of measuring the medicines. The quantification and detection limits for AML and VAL varied between 0.0406 and 0.3906 μg/mL, with recovery rates sometimes above 97 % and root mean square errors below 2. The RS technique identified satisfactory values between 0.1594 and 0.1663 μg/mL. The recovery rates varied from 99.52 % to 102.70 %, with quantification limits of 0.3064 to 0.7669 μg/mL. Both approaches demonstrated relative standard deviations below 1 % and average recovery rates over 94 % in the sample analysis. A one-way ANOVA with a 95 % confidence interval demonstrated no major variances in the methods.
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