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Comparative Study of Different Derivative Spectrophotometric Techniques for the Analysis and Separation of Metformin, Empagliflozin, and Glimepiride

K. F. M. Amin, N. Fakhre, A. Abdullah

2020

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Abstract

In some cases, lifestyle changes are not enough to keep type 2 diabetes under

control, so there are several medications that may help. Metformin can lower your blood sugar levels,

Glimepiride makes more insulin, whereas Empagliflozin prevents the kidneys from reabsorbing sugar

into the blood and sending it out in the urine.

Mean centering, double divisor, ratio spectra-zero crossing, and successive derivative were

applied for the estimation of metformin, empagliflozin, and glimepiride respectively, in their prepared

laboratory mixtures and in pharmaceutical tablets, without prior chemical separation. The absorption

spectra of the mentioned drugs were recorded in the range of 200-400nm.

These methods were linear over concentration ranges of 1.0-10, 2.5-30, and 1.0-10 μgmL-1 of

metformin, empagliflozin, and glimepiride respectively. Mean centering for metformin was measured at

234 and 248 nm, while empagliflozin and glimepiride had amplitude values at 276 and 262 nm, respectively.

The derivative of double divisor was measured at 234, 278, and 288 nm for metformin, empagliflozin

and glimepiride, respectively. The ratio of spectra-zero crossing was quantified at amplitude values

of the analytical signal at 234 and 274 nm for metformin and empagliflozin, respectively, whereas

glimepiride was determined at 242 and 286 nm. The successive ratio of metformin, empagliflozin, and

glimepiride was determined at 284, 242, and 266 nm, respectively.

The methods are validated according to…

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