Electro-chemical oxidation and determination of granulocytosis risk inducing drug 4-aminoantipyrine at gold electrode.

A voltammetric technique for electrochemical sensing and quantification of granulocytosis risk inducing metabolite of aminopyrine, 4-Aminoantipyrine (4-AAP) at gold electrode has been developed. The gold electrode shows excellent selectivity and sensitivity towards the oxidation of 4-AAP in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) of pH=3.0. It is observed from the electrochemical studies of scan rate that overall electrode process is diffusion controlled and pH effect suggests involvement of protons in electrochemical oxidation of 4-AAP. A linear current response towards the electrochemical oxidation of 4-AAP in the concentration range of 1.0 × 10-6 - 2.5 × 10-5 M is observed with limit of detection of 3.8 × 10-8 M (S/N = 3). The interference studies have shown that the gold electrode exhibited excellent selectivity in presence of large excess of interferents. The method is employed to recovery study of 4-AAP in spiked urine and serum samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]