ISSN : 0975-9492
CODEN : IJPSQQ





INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMA SCIENCES AND RESEARCH


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ABSTRACT

Title : QUANTITATIVE ASSAY OF ALMOTRIPTAN MALATE IN PURE DRUG AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS USING SIMPLE AND CONVENIENT VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC METHODS
Authors : U. VIPLOVA PRASAD, M. SYAM BAB, B. KALYANA RAMU
Keywords : Anti-migraine, BCN-IO4 -, Folin reagent, Nucleophillic substitution, Oxidative coupling, Statistical analysis, Triptans.
Issue Date : May 2012
Abstract :
Two direct, simple and sensitive visible spectrophotometric methods (M1&M2) are described for the assay of almotripan malate in pure and solid dosage forms. The method M1 involves oxidative coupling of drug with brucine in presence of sodium meta periodate and purple red colored species is formed and exhibits absorption maxima at 520nm. The method M2 is based on the formation of yellowish brown colored species by the drug with Folin reagent and exhibits absorption maxima at 450nm. Regression analysis of Beer-Lambert plots showed good correlation in the concentration ranges (8.0-24) µg/ml for method M1, (16-48) µg/ml for method M2 respectively. The proposed methods are applied to commercial available tablets and the results are statistically compared with those obtained by the reported UV reference method and validated by recovery studies. The results are found satisfactory and reproducible. These methods are applied successfully for the estimation of the almotriptan malate in the presence of other ingredients that are usually present in dosage forms. These methods offer the advantages of rapidity, simplicity and sensitivity and normal cost and can be easily applied to resource-poor settings without the need for expensive instrumentation and reagents.
Page(s) : 379-386
ISSN : 0975-9492
Source : Vol. 3, No.5