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<journal-id>0872-1904</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Port. Electrochim. Acta]]></abbrev-journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cathodic Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Losartan in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Products]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Habib]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[El-Alamin]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,National Research Centre Applied Organic Chemistry Department Analytical Chemistry Laboratory]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cairo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Egypt</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Cairo University Faculty of Pharmacy Analytical Chemistry Department]]></institution>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Helwan University Faculty of Pharmacy Analytical Chemistry Department]]></institution>
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<year>2008</year>
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<year>2008</year>
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<volume>26</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>315</fpage>
<lpage>324</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0872-19042008000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0872-19042008000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0872-19042008000400001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Cathodic stripping voltammetric determination of losartan using hanging mercury drop electrode HMDE was described. The method was based on adsorptive accumulation of the species at HMDE and at pH 7, followed by alternating current AC sweep. The behavior of adsorptive stripping response was studied under various experimental conditions, e.g. type of supporting electrolyte, pH, accumulation time, scan rate and mode of sweep (direct current DC, differential pulse DP, square wave SW and AC). In Britton-Robinson buffer solution, pH 7, a quasi-reversible reaction took place. The reduction response was more sensitive than the oxidation one and it was linear over the concentration range of 0.16-1.2 mg/mL. The determination of the cited compound in oral dosages was achieved using the standard addition method. The average of determinations obtained by square wave adsorptive voltammetric method with its standard deviation was 100.1±3%.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="center"><b>Cathodic Stripping Voltammetric Determination of Losartan    in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Products</b></p>      <p align="center"><b>I.H.I. Habib<sup>1,</sup><a href="#1">*</a><a name="top1"></a>,    </b> <b>S.A.</b><b> Weshahy<sup>2</sup>, </b><b>S. Toubar<sup>3</sup> </b><b>    and M.M.A. El-Alamin<sup>3</sup></b></p>      <p align="center"><sup>1</sup>Analytical Chem. Lab., Applied Organic    Chem. Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt</p>     <p align="center"><sup>2</sup>Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty    of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt</p>     <p align="center"><sup>3</sup>Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty    of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Egypt</p>      <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>      <p align="center">Received 14<sup>th</sup> November 2007; accepted 29<sup>th</sup>    January 2008</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>Abstract</b></p>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Cathodic stripping voltammetric determination of losartan using    hanging mercury drop electrode HMDE was described. The method was based on adsorptive    accumulation of the species at HMDE and at pH 7, followed by alternating current    AC sweep. The behavior of adsorptive stripping response was studied under various    experimental conditions, e.g. type of supporting electrolyte, pH, accumulation    time, scan rate and mode of sweep (direct current DC, differential pulse DP,    square wave SW and AC). In Britton-Robinson buffer solution, pH 7, a quasi-reversible    reaction took place. The reduction response was more sensitive than the oxidation    one and it was linear over the concentration range of 0.16-1.2 mg/mL. The determination    of the cited compound in oral dosages was achieved using the standard addition    method. The average of determinations obtained by square wave adsorptive voltammetric    method with its standard deviation was 100.1±3%.</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b><i>Keywords</i></b><i>:</i> losartan, adsorptive stripping voltammetry, HMDE, stability.</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>       <p>Texto disponível em PDF</p>     <p>Full text only in PDF format</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p><b>References</b></p>      ]]></body>
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