Derayea Sayed M, Mohammed Fatma F
Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
BMC Chem. 2025 Jan 24;19(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s13065-025-01388-3.
An ecofriendly, effective, and selective spectrofluorimetric approach for natamycin analysis was developed using fluorescamine as a fluorogenic probe. Natamycin is the only topical ocular antifungal medication that is presently on the market for treating keratitis, conjunctivitis, and blepharitis caused by yeast and other fungi. Owing to its primary aliphatic amino group, natamycin can easily interact with fluorescamine resulting in the formation of the highly fluorescent diaryl pyrrolone derivative. The derivatization reaction was completed within very short time at room temperature in borate buffer solution (pH 7.6). The fluorescence intensity of the reaction product was monitored at 465 nm after exciting at 390 nm. The linearity range of the spectrofluorimetric method was 0.25-4.0 µg/mL of natamycin with limit of detection (LOD) of 0.082 µg/mL. The method was applied for the determination of the cited drug in pharmaceutical eye drops and artificial aqueous humor with high percentage recoveries and low relative standard deviations. In addition, the involved analytical procedure was green based on the results of the ecology scale scores.
开发了一种使用荧光胺作为荧光探针的环保、有效且选择性的纳他霉素光谱荧光分析方法。纳他霉素是目前市场上唯一用于治疗由酵母和其他真菌引起的角膜炎、结膜炎和睑缘炎的局部眼部抗真菌药物。由于其伯脂肪族氨基,纳他霉素可轻松与荧光胺相互作用,形成高荧光的二芳基吡咯酮衍生物。衍生化反应在室温下于硼酸盐缓冲溶液(pH 7.6)中在极短时间内完成。在390 nm激发后,于465 nm处监测反应产物的荧光强度。光谱荧光法的线性范围为纳他霉素0.25 - 4.0 μg/mL,检测限(LOD)为0.082 μg/mL。该方法用于测定滴眼剂和人工房水中的上述药物,回收率高,相对标准偏差低。此外,根据生态量表评分结果,所涉及的分析程序是绿色的。