Determination of Some Phenothiazine Drugs Based on Colour Reaction with Potassium Periodate

ABSTRACT

A simple, rapid and sensitive method for the determination of six phenothiazine drugs, either in pure form or in pharmaceutical formulations, is described. The method is based on the formation of stable phenothiazine free radical by the use of potassium periodate as the chromogenic reagent in sulphuric acid medium. The reaction is suggested to proceed via oxidation of the phenothiazine nucleus into a semiquinonoid radical. The wavelengths of maximum absorption range from 500 to 525nm. Molar absorptivities range from

Keywords::

• Phenothiazine drugs
• Determination
• Colour reaction
• Potassium periodate
• Spectrophotometry.