Fluorimetric determination of chloroxine using manual and flow-injection methods

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 1996 Aug;14(11):1505-11. doi: 10.1016/0731-7085(96)01791-8.

Abstract

A reliable and highly sensitive method is described for the determination of chloroxine in pharmaceutical preparations. It involves the formation of a complex between chloroxine and aluminum(III) in a micellar medium. The complex is a very fluorescent species, and there is a linear relationship between chloroxine concentration and fluorescence intensity over the range 2.0 x 10(-8)-5.1 x 10(-5) mol l-1. The limit of detection is 5 x 10(-9) mol l-1. The method can be easily adapted to a flow system using a three-channel manifold, the peak height being proportional to the chloroxine concentration over the range 5.6 x 10(-7)-5.6 x 10(-5) mol l-1. Manual and flow-injection procedures permit the determination of chloroxine in the presence of chlorquinaldol, and have been successfully applied to the determination of chloroxine in pharmaceutical preparations.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum / chemistry*
  • Amebicides / analysis*
  • Chloroquinolinols / analysis*
  • Chlorquinaldol / analysis
  • Fluorometry / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

  • Amebicides
  • Chloroquinolinols
  • chloroxine
  • Aluminum
  • Chlorquinaldol