SPECTROMETRIC INVESTIGATION OF CEFPROZIL IN BULK POWDER AND IN PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS

Three accurate methods were developed for the quantitative determination of cefprozil in pure form and in its dosage forms. The first method was based upon the interaction of the drug with 3-methyl-benzothiazolinone-2-hydrazone (MBTH) in the presence of ceric ammonium sulfate or ferric chloride as an oxidizing agent, where the formed color was measured at λ 521 nm or 624 nm, respectively. The second inethod was based on the chelate formation with palladium (II) chloride (PdCl₂) in the presence of buffered medium, where the formed complex was determined at λ 345 nm. The third method was based upon the reaction of the neutral solution of the hydrolysis product of drug with each of silver nitrate & lead acetate standard solutions, forming drug-metal complex and the metal ion contents were determined directly or indirectly by atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). The reaction conditions of the proposed methods were studied and optimized. The precision of the proposed methods was achieved by determining different samples of bulk powder and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The validity of the methods was assessed by applying the standard addition technique and the results were compared with those obtained by the reference method showing a great agreement