Validated Simultaneous Derivative Spectrophotometric Estimation of Azithromycin, Fluconazole and Secnidazole in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulation

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Abstract

Two simple, sensitive, accurate and precise spectrophotometric methods were developed and validated for the quantitative determination of Azithromycin (AZI), Fluconazole (FLU) and Secnidazole (SEC) in bulk and tablet dosage form. Method A is based on the first-order derivative (D1) and Method B is based on the second-order derivative (D2) spectrophotometric method. In Method A, absorbance was measured at 215nm, 275nm and 333nm being the zero crossing points for AZI, FLU and SEC respectively. In Method B, absorbance was measured at 220nm, 225nm and 211nm being the zero crossing points for AZI, FLU and SEC respectively. For Method A, all three drugs obey Beer’s law in the concentration range 5-30µg/ml for AZI, 5-60 µg/ml for FLU and 5-40 µg/ml for SEC with correlation coefficients 0.995, 0.998 and 0.998 respectively. For Method B, all three drugs obey Beer’s law in the concentration range 5-35 µg/ml for AZI, 5-40 µg/ml for FLU and 5-40 µg/ml for SEC with correlation coefficients 0.995, 0.999 and 0.998 respectively. Both methods can be used for routine analysis of these three drugs in their pharmaceutical dosage form. Results for analysis of both methods were tested and validated for various parameters according to ICH guidelines. 

Keywords: Derivative, Azithromycin, Fluconazole, Secnidazole

Keywords:

Derivative, Azithromycin, Fluconazole, Secnidazole

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v13i11.6286

Author Biographies

M.A. Raskar, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

P.A. Kate, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

S.S. Mungse, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

Ganesh Raosaheb Godge, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation’s College of Pharmacy, Ahmednagar-414111

Department of Pharmaceutics, Dr. Vithalrao Vikhe Patil Foundation's College of Pharmacy, Vilad Ghat, Ahmednagar

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Raskar M, Kate P, Mungse S, Godge GR. Validated Simultaneous Derivative Spectrophotometric Estimation of Azithromycin, Fluconazole and Secnidazole in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulation. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 14];13(11):39-44. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/6286

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Raskar M, Kate P, Mungse S, Godge GR. Validated Simultaneous Derivative Spectrophotometric Estimation of Azithromycin, Fluconazole and Secnidazole in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulation. J. Drug Delivery Ther. [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 14];13(11):39-44. Available from: https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/6286