“…Recently, different methodologies such as sensitized room temperature phosphorescence (RTP), micelle-stabilized RTP, or the use of cyclodextrins combined with sodium sulfite as oxygen scavenger have allowed for development of RTP methods for numerous compounds in solution (Dı ´az-Garcı ´a and Sanz-Medel, 1986;Sanz-Medel et al, 1987;Hurtubise, 1990;Cruces Blanco et al, 1996;Segura Carretero et al, 1996, 1997. Only a few phosphorimetric methods have been pro-posed for this compound, mainly at low temperature (Sanders and Winefordner, 1972;Trautwein and Guyon, 1983), with only three at room temperature with solid support , cyclodextrin (Mun ˜oz de la Pen ˜a et al, 1993), or micellar medium (Segura Carretero et al, 1996).…”