Research Article

Fluorometric Determination of Drugs Containing α-Methylene Sulfoxide Functional Groups Using 𝑁 1 - Methylnicotinamide Chloride as a Fluorogenic Agent

Table 8

Results of the proposed method recovery experiments of 15 of different pharmaceutical preparations.

DrugPharmaceutical preparations% recovery ± S.D.*

1Rudac 150 mg tablet102±0.56%
Rudac 200 mg tablet101±2.1%
HiDac 200 mg tablet 9 8 . 5 ± 1 . 5 5 %

2Epirazole 20 mg capsule 1 0 0 . 1 ± 1 . 3 7 %
Gastrozole 20 mg capsule100±0.95%
Gastrocure 20 mg capsule99±1.22%
Napizole 20 mg capsule 9 8 . 4 5 ± 0 . 8 8 %
Omepak 20 mg capsule 9 9 . 9 8 ± 1 . 5 6 %
Omepak 10 mg capsule100±1.11%
Ulstop 20 mg capsule 9 7 . 9 ± 0 . 9 9 %
Gasec 20 mg capsule 1 0 0 . 2 ± 1 . 5 2 %
Risek 20 mg capsule98±1.63%
Pepzole 40 mg capsule 9 7 . 8 8 ± 0 . 5 4 %
Gastroloc 40 mg capsule 9 7 . 2 ± 0 . 5 5 %
Omepral 20 mg capsule99±1.42%
Omez 10 mg capsule 9 9 . 9 ± 0 . 7 8 %
Trio 20 mg capsule 9 8 . 1 ± 1 . 7 4 %
Nexium 20 mg (esomeprazole magnesium tablet)** 9 6 . 1 2 ± 0 . 5 6 %

3Lansoprazole 30 mg cap 1 0 0 . 6 ± 2 . 3 1 %
Zollipak 30 mg cap101±1.51%
Peptazole 30 mg cap99±2.1%
Lanzor 15 mg cap 1 0 0 . 1 ± 1 . 2 %
Lanzor 30 mg cap 9 9 . 8 ± 0 . 9 5 %
Lopral 30 mg cap99±0.89%

4Controloc 20 mg tablet98±1.98%
Pantoloc 20 mg tablet97±0.51%
Pantoloc 40 mg tablet101±1.12%
Pantazole 40 mg tablet 1 0 1 . 5 ± 0 . 5 2 %

5Bepra 20 mg tablet102±1.35%
Pariet 20 mg tablet100±2.1%

*Average of triplicate analyses.
** The (S)-enantiomer of omeprazole; the pharmacologically active form.