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Table 5 Assessment of the selectivity for the suggested methods in presence of some common excipients

From: A novel spectrophotometric approach relies on a charge transfer complex between atomoxetine with quinone-based π-acceptor. Application to content uniformity test

Excipients

Amount added

(µg mL− 1)

Chloranil method

DDQ method

Drug con. (120 µg mL− 1)

Drug con. (40 µg mL− 1)

% Recovery ± SDa

% Recovery ± SDa

Mg stearate

15

101.16 ± 1.46

100.45 ± 1.13

Starch

50

99.21 ± 1.70

99.14 ± 1.80

Lactose

15

100.96 ± 1.60

98.02 ± 0.19

Glucose

15

98.28 ± 1.08

100.88 ± 0.39

Talc

15

99.41 ± 1.35

98.02 ± 0.49

Sorbitol

15

98.49 ± 0.93

101.13 ± 0.11