New Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination of Paracetamol

Saad A. Al-Tamrah

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Sand University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

A new spectrophotometric method is described for the determination of paracetamol based on the oxidation of paracetamol by potassium periodate in 3 M sulphuric acid medium. The absorbance of the yellow colour formed is measured at 410 nm. The method was successfully applied to thh determination of paracetamol in various pharmaceutical preparations.

KEYWORDS:

Spectrophotometric; Determination

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