Determination of Floctafenine in Presence of its Degradation Product Floctafenic Acid by Direct and Synchronous Spectrofluorimetry

ABSTRACT

A simple, rapid and sensitive spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of floctafenine I (FL) in the presence of its degradation product floctafenic acid II (FLA) is developed. The method involves measuring the fluorescence intensity of FL in acetonitrile and in the presence of triethylamine (TEA) at an emission wavelength of 470 nm (excitation at 360 nm) by direct spectrofluorimetry and at an emission 465 nm (excitation 355 nm) by synchronous spectrofluorimetry. At these conditions FLA does not interfere. FLA is determined alone by measuring the fluorescence intensity of its solution in acetonitrile, without addition of TEA, at emission wavelength 460 nm (excitation 355 nm). The proposed method has been used for the assay of FL in tablets, plasma, urine and in mixtures with FLA. It gave highly accurate results for recovery of FL in the presence of its related acid.

Keywords::

• Spectrofluorimetry
• Synchronous
• Direct
• Floctafenine
• Floctafenic acid
• Tablets
• Plasma, Urine
• Mixtures