Research Article

Comparative Study of Novel Ratio Spectra and Isoabsorptive Point Based Spectrophotometric Methods: Application on a Binary Mixture of Ascorbic Acid and Rutin

Table 5

Assay validation sheet of the proposed spectrophotometric methods for the determination of AA and RU.

ParameterDirect A_SumIso_RDA_SumIso_RDIso_PRD1DDMCNRS
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Accuracy
 (Mean ± SD)99.91 ± 0.3596.99 ± 0.55100.44 ± 1.1199.66 ± 1.00101.13 ± 1.42101.36 ± 1.74102.10 ± 0.88101.54 ± 0.24101.95 ± 0.6399.46 ± 1.55

Precision
 Repeatability100.28 ± 0.9595.79 ± 0.6399.93 ± 1.7999.93 ± 0.9099.42 ± 2.0298.11 ± 1.29101.36 ± 1.2599.86 ± 1.29101.57 ± 1.29100.49 ± 1.27
 Intermediate precision100.86 ± 2.1597.91 ± 1.3198.60 ± 1.3299.30 ± 1.5698.09 ± 1.9799.80 ± 2.17100.91 ± 1.69100.75 ± 1.49100.98 ± 1.32100.55 ± 1.67

Linearity
 Slope0.0385−0.00170.1416−0.00170.14800.50610.28500.01614.66400.6381
 Intercept0.02060.0042−0.36150.0042−0.49260.0208−0.03320.03321.02170.0241
 Correlation coefficient ()0.9999−0.99991−0.99990.99520.99550.99640.99640.99660.9964
 Range (μg mL−1)4–504–504–504–504–504–504–504–504–504–50

LOQ (μg mL−1)1.131.390.491.391.543.041.200.421.042.70

LOD (μg mL−1)0.370.460.160.460.511.000.401.280.340.89

The intraday (), average of three concentrations (12, 16, and 20 μg mL−1) for AA and RU repeated three times within the day.
The interday (), average of three concentrations (12, 16, and 20 μg mL−1) for AA and RU repeated three times in three successive days.