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ARABIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 335-345Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.04.012
Keywords
Paracetamol; Codeine; Flow injection analysis; Boron-doped diamond; Multiple pulse amperometry
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- CNPq - Brazil [444150/2014-5, 160658/2013-6]
- CAPES - Brazil
- FAPESP - Brazil
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A simple, rapid and low-cost electroanalytical method is proposed for the determination of acetaminophen (ACP) and codeine (COD) at nanomolar levels in pharmaceutical and biological samples. The analytical procedure is based on a flow injection analysis system coupled to electrochemical detection, which was multiple pulse amperometry (FIA-MPA). Boron-doped diamond was used as the working electrode for electrochemical detection. The electrode was subjected to a cathodic pretreatment and was selected in this work due its good electrochemical performance. By applying the FIA-MPA method, after a number of optimization assays, the analgesics were simultaneously determined at excellent linear concentration ranges. The analytical curves ranged from 80 nmol L-1 to 100 mmol L-1 for ACP and from 50 nmol L-1 to 10 mmol L-1 for COD, and the obtained limits of detection were 30 nmol L-1 and 35 nmol L-1 for ACP and COD, respectively. The practical applicability of the electroanalytical method was evaluated from the ACP and COD determination in two sample matrices: commercial pharmaceutical samples and biological fluids. In the case of pharmaceutical formulation samples, the obtained results were statistically similar to those obtained using a reference chromatographic method. In addition, these drugs were simultaneously quantified in biological fluid samples of urine and human serum with excellent recovery percentages. (C) 2017 The Authors. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University.
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