An iron(II) solution is often used as a reducing agent in titrimetry and standardized with cerium(IV) or potassium dichromate. Such an iron(II) standard solution is needed for not only titrimetric analyses, but also instrumental ones. Iron(II) is unstable even in a highly acidic solution, mainly due to air-oxidation; therefore, its standardization is required before use. In the present study...

A trans-diaquacomplex formed by copper(II) sulphate and the sequestering polyamminopolycarboxylic ligand 1,2-propylenediaminetetraacetic acid (PDTA) has been isolated and characterized by chemical analysis, titrimetry, FT-IR and electronic spectroscopy, Potentiometric and electronic measurements identified the ligand as tetradentate, two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms being bonded to the Cu(II) ...

Non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) contents were determined (1) in cow, goat, mare and human plasmas or sera and (2) in bovine serum albumin solutions by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatographic methods which were compared with 6 chemical methods of determination and 2 enzymatic methods (manual and automatic). The chemical methods combined two extraction techniques (isopropanol-heptane and silic...

Diltiazem hydrochloride (Ia) is an important coronary vasodilator drug of the calcium channel-blocker type, used in therapy of heart disease and hypertension. The compound is (+)-5-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-c&, 2,3dihydro3-hydroxy-2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-1,5-benzothiazepin-4(5H)-one acetate monohydrochloride. The drug and its tablet formulations are official in the USP [l] wherein they are estimated...

Three different techniques of lipase (EC 3.1.1.3) determination (titrimetry, nephelometry, and enzyme immunoassay) were used to investigate an interesting effect of ionic strength on enzyme activity. Both activation in the presence of NaCl (140 mmol/L) and strong immunoinhibition were observed for lipase from plasma of subjects with acute pancreatitis. Another type of lipase, not associated wit...

In the present investigation 0.5 M ibuprofen sodium solution has been used as hydrotropic solubilizing agent for naproxen, a poorly water-soluble drug and in it there was more than 350 fold enhancement in the solubility of naproxen as compared to the solubility in distilled water. Therefore, this hydrotropic solution was employed to extract out the drug from its tablet dosage form for quantitat...

The lipase producing bacteria were screened from the soil both qualitatively by Tween 80, rhodamine B agar assays and quantitatively by titrimetry with the objective of finding a bacterial strain capable of producing an alkaline lipase. The higher lipolytic activity of 17.43 U/ml was recorded for the isolate L13. Traditional methods viz. morphological, cultural and biochemical characteristics w...