Thermoanalytical investigation of some sulfone-containing drugs.

The thermal behavior of some sulfone-containing drugs, namely, dapsone (DDS), dimethylsulfone (MSM), and topiramate (TOP) in drug substances, and products were investigated using different thermal techniques. These include thermogravimetry (TGA), derivative thermogravimetry (DTG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermogravimetric data allowed the determination of the kinetic parameters: activation energy (E(a)), frequency factor (A), and reaction order (n).

Electrochemical determination of some antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetic patients.

Quantitative determination of rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, glimepiride and glyburide as antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetic patients was performed conveniently and economically using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Carbon paste (CPE) and glassy carbon (GCE) electrodes were successfully used as sensors for these drugs in Briton-Robinson (B-R) as buffer solution. The preparation of CPE and the GCE as ion selective electrodes is based on the construction of 10% standard drug ion pair with reineckate or tungstophosphate imbedded as electroactive material.

Carbon paste- and PVC membrane electrodes as sensitive sensors for the determination of antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetic patients.

Carbon paste- and polyvinyl chloride membrane electrodes are simple, precise, rapid and selective sensors for the determination of antidiabetic drugs for type 2 diabetic patients. These electrodes were successfully used for the potentiometric determination of rosiglitazone, pioglitazone, glimepiride and glyburide in their standard forms and also as pharmaceutical preparations. The preparation of these ion-selective electrodes for the potentiometric determination of the drug is based on the construction of a 10% standard drug-ion pair with reineckate or tungstophosphate imbedded as an electro-active material in the carbon paste or in the polyvinyl chloride membrane.