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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
Volume 171, Issue -, Pages 236-245Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.07.053
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Entacapone; Levodopa; Carbidopa; Partial least squares; Spectrophotometry
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New, simple, accurate and sensitive UV spectrophotometric and chemometric methods have been developed and validated for determination of Entacapone (ENT), Levodopa (LD) and Carbidopa (CD) in ternary mixture. Method A is a derivative ratio spectra zero-crossing spectrophotometric method which allows the determination of ENT in the presence of both LD and CD by measuring the peak amplitude at 249.9 nm in the range of 1-20 mu g mL(-1) Method B is a double divisor-first derivative of ratio spectra method, used for determination of ENT, LD and CD at 245, 239 and 293 nm, respectively. Method C is a mean centering of ratio spectra which allows their determination at 241, 241.6 and 257.1 nm, respectively. Methods B and C could successfully determine the studied drugs in concentration ranges of 1-20 mu g mL(-1) for ENT and 10-90 mu g mL(-1) for both LD and CD. Methods D and E are principal component regression and partial least-squares, respectively, used for the simultaneous determination of the studied drugs by using seventeen mixtures as calibration set and eight mixtures as validation set. The developed methods have the advantage of simultaneous determination of the cited components without any pretreatment. All the results were statistically compared with the reported methods, where no significant difference was observed. The developed methods were satisfactorily applied to the analysis of the investigated drugs in their pure form and in pharmaceutical dosage forms. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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