Determinação eletroanalítica de nitrofurantoína (NFT) em fármaco e em fluido biológico utilizando eletrodo de diamante dopado com boro

Abstract

This work presents the electroanalytical study for the quantification of nitrofurantoin (NFT) using the boron doped diamond (BDD) films as electrodic material. Preliminary studies using cyclic voltammetry (CV) showed that the electrochemical reduction mechanism of the nitrofurantoin (NFT) involves adsorption and was influenced by pH and by the level of boron doping in the diamond film. BDD electrodes with 5000, 10000 and 20000 ppm of boron doping were used and the pH: 2.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0 were investigated to obtain the best experimental conditions. The experimental results obtained in Brinton-Robinson buffer using square wave voltammetry showed only a totally irreversible process for the NFT in approximately -0.35 V vs. Ag/AgCl/Cl- 3.0 mol L-1. The peak presents dependence with the pH and voltammetric parameters. The best voltammetric responses were obtained in Brinton-Robinson buffer at pH 4 with the following experimental conditions; frequency of 80 and 100 Hz, increment of 40 and 60 mV; potential step of 4 mV. In these conditions, the curves were obtained in the range of analytical concentration between 4.97 x 10-7 mol L-1 to 56.6 x 10-7 mol L-1 and calculated detection and quantification limits for the NFT which were of 8.96 x 10-8 mol L-1 and 2.69 x 10-8 mol L-1, respectively, for the electrodes with 20000 ppm of boron doping. The applicability of the methodology was evaluated in pharmaceutical formulation and human urine. The average percentages of recovery of NFT were: 95,52 ± 2,75 and 96,78 ± 1,88 for films with 10000 and 20000 ppm, respectively. EDDB showed good results for quantification of NFT by electrochemical reduction. The electrode with 20000 ppm of boron doping presents the best electroanalytical answer, showing the minor detection and quantification limited.