Determination of pentavalent antimony in antileishmaniotic drugs using an automated system for liquid-liquid extraction with on-line detection.

An automated system for liquid-liquid extraction flow analysis (LLE-FA) for the determination of Sb(V) in antileishmanial drugs is presented. The method is based on extraction in a 5mL glass extraction chamber of an ion pair formed between hexachloroantimoniate anion and rhodamine B cation into toluene. The detection system consists of a green light emitting diode (LED) and a photodiode.