Amperometric determination of phenazopyridine hydrochloride in a flowing stream at the glassy carbon electrode

A flow-injection method is described for the determination of phenazopyridine hydrochloride, based on electrochemical oxidation at the glassy carbon electrode. The suggested method is highly specific and can be used to determine phenazopyridine HCl in the presence of most drugs commonly found in pharmaceutical dosage forms or administered therapeutically. Applying a constant potential of +950 mV vs Ag/AgCl/3.5M KCl reference electrode, the calibration curve was linear in the 1-30 micrograms/mL range, with minimum detectability of 0.2 ng (signal-to-noise ratio 2). Good accuracy and precision were obtained when the method was applied to some dosage forms containing phenazopyridine HCl. Although automation was not used in this study, an automated system could be incorporated because the method uses the technique of continuous analysis in a flowing stream.