Research Article

Simple Atomic Absorption Spectroscopic and Spectrophotometric Methods for Determination of Pioglitazone Hydrochloride and Carvedilol in Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms

Table 1

Characteristic parameters for the reaction of PGZ-HCl and CRV with bismuth tetraiodide via Method A*.

ParametersPGZ-HClCRV
Procedure 1Procedure 2Procedure 1Procedure 2

(nm)223490223490
Beer's law limits ( g mL−1)5–5015–6510–8016–72
Vol. and conc. of bismuth subnitrate of  M0.3 mL0.3 mL0.4 mL0.4 mL
Vol. and conc. of potassium iodide of 0.5 M0.5 mL0.5 mL0.7 mL0.7 mL
Extracting solventMethylene
chloride
Methylene
chloride
Methylene
chloride
Methylene
chloride
Regression equation**
 Slope ( )2.76420.01433.73830.0136
 Intercept ( )102.520.017755.097−0.0932
 Correlation coefficient ( )0.99990.99990.99990.9999
 Molar ratio1 : 11 : 11 : 11 : 1
, where is the concentration of drug in gmL−1, is the absorbance,
is the intercept, and is the slope

Average of three experiments.