Research Article

Fingerprint Spectrophotometric Methods for the Determination of Co-Formulated Otic Solution of Ciprofloxacin and Fluocinolone Acetonide in Their Challengeable Ratio

Table 1

Selection of the best divisor of (CIP) and FLU by the optimization study.

Mix no.(CIP) divisors
4.0 μg/mL8.0 μg/mL12.0 μg/mL
PostRecPostRecPostRec

11.2501.2770.6250.6320.4170.422
22.5002.5451.2501.2590.8330.842
31.0001.0200.5000.5370.3330.326
41.0001.0280.5000.5030.3330.331
52.0002.0441.0000.9800.6670.645

AAD0.0330.0150.009

Mix no.FLU divisors
4.0 μg/mL8.0 μg/mL12.0 μg/mL
PostRecPostRecPostRec

11.2501.3520.6250.6350.4170.421
21.0001.0410.5000.4880.3330.343
32.5002.4521.2501.2710.8330.845
42.0002.0131.0001.0020.6670.668
51.0001.0180.5000.4820.3330.331
AAD0.0440.0130.006

The values represent the constant at the plateau regions (300.0–330.0 nm) for (CIP) and (220.0–260.0 nm) for FLU. Post: postulated value of constant; Rec: recorded value of constant; AAD: average absolute difference between postulated and recorded constant values.