Synchronous spectrofluorometric methods for simultaneous determination of diphenhydramine and ibuprofen or phenylephrine in combined pharmaceutical preparations.

Simple and rapid synchronous fluorometric methods were adopted and validated for the simultaneous analysis of a binary mixture of diphenhydramine (DIP) and ibuprofen (IBU) (Mix I) or DIP and phenylephrine (PHE) (Mix II) in their co-formulated pharmaceuticals without prior separation. Analysis of Mix I is based on the measurement of the peak amplitudes (D ) of synchronous fluorescence intensities at 265.1 nm for DIP and 260 nm for IBU. The relationship between the concentration and the amplitude of the first-derivative synchronous fluorescence spectra showed good linearity over the concentration ranges 0.50-10.00 μg ml and 0.50-7.90 μg ml for DIP and IBU, respectively. Analysis of Mix II was based on measurement of the peak amplitude (D ) synchronous fluorescence intensities at 230 nm for DIP and at 253.9 nm for PHE. Moreover, for Mix II, the peak amplitude (D ) synchronous fluorescence intensities were measured at 227.9 nm for DIP and at 264.9 nm for PHE. Calibration plots were rectilinear over the concentration range 0.30-3.50 μg ml and 0.03-0.75 μg ml for DIP and PHE, respectively. The proposed methods were successfully applied to determine the studied compounds in pure form and in pharmaceutical preparations.