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JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2022.114941
Keywords
Nitazoxanide; Tizoxanide; Sodium hypochlorite; Cobalt ferrite NPs; Spectrofluorimetry; Urine analysis
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- Deanship of Scientific Research at Umm Al-Qura University [22UQU4320141DSR16]
- Deanship of Scientific Research at Shaqra University
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This study developed a method for determining Nitazoxanide (NTX) in tablets or its metabolite Tizoxanide (TZD) in human urine samples using spectrofluorimetric technique and magnetic nanoparticles. The optimized method showed good linearity, sensitivity, and detection limits, and the magnetic nanoparticles were effective for pre-concentration and extraction.
Nitazoxanide is an antimicrobial compound that was originally developed as an antiprotozoal drug. Recently nitazoxanide has been identified as broad-spectrum antiviral agent and redirected for the remediation of some respiratory tract viral infections. In this study, the spectrofluorimetric technique has been applied to determine Nitazoxanide (NTX) in tablets or its metabolite, tizoxanide (TZD), in human urine samples. The developed methodology is based on oxidizing NTX (non-fluorescence) into a highly fluorescent product by sodium hypochlorite. The fluorescence emission intensity was measured at 436.5 nm after fluorescence excitation at 362.5 nm. After optimizing all conditions, the analytical procedures and bio-analytical steps were evaluated and validated using ICH and FDA criteria, respectively. The method linearity, LOQ, and LOD values of NTX were 1.0-5.0 mu g/mL, 0.434, and 0.143 mu g/mL, respectively. The other novelty side of the presented work is the application of cobalt ferrite (CoFe2O4) nanoparticles (NPs) as a magnetic solid-phase for the pre-concentration and extraction process. The synthesized magnetic nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscope and zeta sizer techniques. Finally, the utilized magnetic nanoparticles exhibited good recovery results for pre-concentration and extraction of NTX or its metabolite from spiked and real human urine samples, respectively.
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