Ceftazidime Dosage Investigation using Differential Pulse Polarography for Pharmaceuticals

Abstract

An accurate direct DPP identification of ceftazidime has been made for use in drug discovery and validation. The results showed that a mercury drop of 3 mm3, an acidic medium consisting of a KH phthalate plus HCl buffer solution at pH 2, and 1 ml of NH4Cl, 1 M as a supporting electrolyte were optimal for ceftazidime analysis.
Ceftazidime exhibited two peaks, the first at - 0.67V and the second at - 1.06V. For the determination of an unknown concentration, a standard graph of ceftazidime in concentrations ranging from 8.410-6 M to 2.610-5 M was developed. The reliability and accuracy of this technique for analysing the analyte were assessed. For ceftazidime laboratory samples, the SD was 0.1885 and the RSD% did not go above 4.573% at a concentration of 4.6 μg.ml-1, 8.410-6 M, and at a concentration of 8.5 μg.ml-1, 1.510-5 M, the SD was 0.35645 and the RSD% did not go over 4.345%. The peak potential Ep, and the actual number of electrons required for the reduction of ceftazidime are both calculated using the Ilkovic-Heyrovsky equation. The data show that ceftazidime requires five electrons for the reduction reaction to occur. The method has been successfully used to get ceftazidime on the market.
Keywords: Ceftazidime, DPP, Analysis.