Review of Analytical Methods for Evaluating Azithromycin in the Context of
Green Analytical Chemistry

Aline      Sinzervinch; Isadora   Alves   Lustosa; Ana   Carolina   Kogawa
Abstract

Background: Azithromycin (AZT) is an antimicrobial available in different pharmaceutical forms and many people can have access to this medicine. Therefore, the existence of adequate and reliable analytical methods for evaluating the quality of AZT and AZT-based products is essential.
Objective/Methods: The purpose of this review is to discuss the analytical methods for evaluating AZT present in the literature and official compendia in the context of Green Analytical Chemistry (GAC).
Results: Among the methods found in the literature for evaluating AZT, the most used method is HPLC (62%) followed by TLC (14%) and the microbiological method by agar diffusion (14%). Even pharmacopoeias recommend the analysis of AZT by HPLC or agar diffusion. Acetonitrile and methanol account for 35% of the most used solvents in the analyses, followed by buffer.
Conclusion: AZT lacks analytical methods in the context of GAC. Both physical-chemical and microbiological methods can contemplate the environmentally friendly way to analyze AZT and AZT-based products, depending only on the chosen conditions. Ethanol, purified water, acetic acid instead of methanol, acetonitrile, buffer, formic acid in the physical-chemical methods are excellent alternatives. However, in the microbiological method, turbidimetry is a great option instead of agar diffusion.
Keywords: Azithromycin, analytical methods, quality control, green analytical chemistry, environmentally friendly method, antimicrobial.
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Review of Analytical Methods for Evaluating Azithromycin in the Context of Green Analytical Chemistry

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