Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (Apr 2012)

Voltammetric quantification of anti-hepatitis drug Adefovir in biological matrix and pharmaceutical formulation

  • Rajeev Jain,
  • Ramkishor Sharma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpha.2011.10.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 98 – 104

Abstract

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Electrochemical reduction behavior of Adefovir was studied using Hanging Mercury Drop Electrode (HMDE) in Britton–Robinson (BR) buffer solution. Voltammetric study showed one well-defined reduction peak in the potential range −1.2 to −1.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) due to reduction of C=N bond of the imidazole ring. Solid-phase extraction and protein-precipitation techniques were employed for extraction of Adefovir from human plasma. The proposed method allows quantification of Adefovir in human plasma over the concentration range 0.50–5.00 μg/mL with the detection limit 0.17 μg/mL, whereas in pharmaceutical formulation 0.25–2.25 μg/mL with the detection limit 0.08 μg/mL. Keywords: Voltammetry, Adefovir, Solid-phase extraction, Protein-precipitation, Human plasma, Pharmaceutical formulation