Spectrophotometric assay of Nicotinamide in Pharmaceutical Dosages

Abstract

Abstract The reaction of nicotinamide and alizarin reagent using charge transfer reaction at a pH of 5.54 lead to produce a red colored compound measured at 527 nm., while the blue colored complex was formed using the oxidation reduction reaction between nicotinamide and chromate at pH 3.49 in the presence of an indigo cochineal dye. Theses tow colored products were measured at 527 and 610 nm respectively using two simple, fast and an accurate spectrophotometric methods. The linearity of the charge transfer method was followed Beer’s law 0.4 - 32 μg while the oxidation reduction method was obeyed Beer’s law from 1.6 - 40 μg in depending on the concentration range. Molar absorptivity was 1.95×104 and 2.16×104 mol−1 cm−1 for the red and blue colored complex respectively. Finally, the values of Sandal’s sensitivity were 0.00626 and 0.00565 μg−2 cm−1 for the first and second methods respectively. These two methods have been applied to quantify the amount of nicotinamide in pharmaceuticals with good recovery.