Spectrophotometric Determination of Thioridazine Hydrochloride in Tablets and Biological Fluids by Ion-Pair and Oxidation Reactions

Table 1

Optical characteristics and statistical data for the regression equation of the proposed methods.

ParametersIon-pairTHZ + KMnO4
BCGBCPICMO

λ max (nm)412412610508
Beer’s law limit (μg/mL)4–284–320.4–3.20.4–2.4
Molar absorptivity (L/mol cm)1.78 × 103 1.58 × 1033.82 × 1045.28 × 104
Sandell’s sensitivity (μg/cm2)0.22930.25680.01067.71 × 10−3
Correlation coefficient ( 𝑟 )0.99880.99720.99800.9993
Linear regression equationa
𝑆 𝑦 / 𝑥 0.015160.021570.01050.0104
Slope ( 𝑏 )0.04220.03920.240.2455
Intercept ( 𝑎 )0.0140.10870.49120.635
S.D. of slope ( 𝑆 𝑏 )1.19 × 10−31.71 × 10−38.29 × 10−3 8.25 × 10−3
S.D. of intercept ( 𝑆 𝑎 )6.43 × 10−39.15 × 10−30.02230.0222
LOD (μg/mL)0.05830.0641
LOQ (μg/mL)0.19430.2133

aA = a + bC, where A is the absorbance and C is the concentration of THZ in μg/mL.