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| Year : 1998 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 263--266 |
Simple spectrofluorometric and microbiological assay methods for the estimation of ofloxacin in biological fluids
Gurumurthy Prema1, Ramachandran Geetha2, AK Hemanthkumar3, P Venkatesan4, V Chandrasekaran5, PR Narayanan6
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Gurumurthy Prema
Objective: To evolve simple methods for the assay of ofloxacin in biological fluids.
Methods: Simple methods for the estimation of ofloxacin in plasma, saliva and urine employing micro-biological assay using plate diffusion technique and by fluorimetric method based on the measurement of native fluorescence emitted by ofloxacin, have been described.
Results: The recovery of ofloxacin from all the three biologial fluids was 93-98% and the sensitivity was 0.5 æg/ml on all 5 different occasions by both the methods. Anti-TB drugs viz., rifampicin, ethambutol, isoniazid and pyrazinamide and also anti-leprosy drugs viz., dapsone and clofazimine at concentrations of 10 and 20 æg/ml did not interfere with the estimation of ofloxacin by either method. Ofloxacin is stable in biological fluids for a period of at least 8 days at -20ø C.
Conclusion: Both the methods described are simple, involve very few steps and do not need either costly chemicals or sophisticated equipments.
How to cite this article:
Prema G, Geetha R, Hemanthkumar A K, Venkatesan P, Chandrasekaran V, Narayanan P R. Simple spectrofluorometric and microbiological assay methods for the estimation of ofloxacin in biological fluids.Indian J Pharmacol 1998;30:263-266
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Prema G, Geetha R, Hemanthkumar A K, Venkatesan P, Chandrasekaran V, Narayanan P R. Simple spectrofluorometric and microbiological assay methods for the estimation of ofloxacin in biological fluids. Indian J Pharmacol [serial online] 1998 [cited 2022 Aug 13 ];30:263-266
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