1635Tianeptine (Tia); 7- [(3-chloro-6,11]-dihydro-6-methyldibenzo [c,f][1,2]thiazepin-11-yl)amino]heptanoic acid S,Sdioxide ( Fig. 1) 1) is an antidepressant agent with a novel neurochemical profile. It increases serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) uptake in the brain (in contrast to most antidepressant agents) and reduces stress-induced atrophy of neuronal dendrites. Like the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and in contrast with most tricyclic antidepressant agents, tianeptine does not appear to be associated with adverse cognitive, psychomotor, sleep, cardiovascular or bodyweight effects and has a low propensity for abuse.
2)Various methods have been reported in the literature for the analysis of Tia including spectrofluorimetry 3,4) and voltametry.
5)Reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography/ fluorescence detection, 6) UV detection 7,8) and gas chromatography 9) are also reported for determination of Tia from human biological fluids.According to the literature research, 3-9) Tia has been ionpair associated with bromophenol blue (BPB), bromocresol green (BCG), bromothymol blue (BTB), methyl orange (MO) and determined by a spectrophotometric method for the first time. The proposed method for tianeptine determination has many advantages over other analytical methods due to its rapidity, lower cost and environmental safety. Unlike the gas chromatographic and HPLC procedures, the instrument is simple and is not costly. All statistical values (percentage recoveries, RSD, confidence limits of the slope and intercept, LOD and LOQ) were within the acceptable limits. Economically, all the analytical reagents are inexpensive and available in any analytical laboratory. The proposed method reports a new for the determination of Tia in pharmaceuticals.The present paper thus describes fast, simple, sensitive and validated spectrophotometric method for the determination of Tia.
ExperimentalMaterials Tia and 12.5 mg tablets (Stablon ® ) were gifts from Servier (Istanbul, Turkey). BPB, BCG, BTB, and MO were purchased from Merck (Darmstadt, Germany). All chemicals and solvents used were of analytical and pharmaceutical grades. Water was always distilled.Solutions A stock solution of 1.0 mg ml Ϫ1 was prepared by dissolving 100 mg of Tia in 100 ml of water. Working standard solutions of Tia of 100 mg ml Ϫ1 were prepared by appropriate dilution of the stock solution with water and were stored 4°C. A 0.02% (w/v) of BPB, BCG, BTB and MO solutions was prepared by dissolving the accurately weighed amount of 20 mg in 100 ml of distilled water.Phthalate buffer was prepared by dissolving 2.042 g of potassium hydrogen phthalate in 50 ml of water. The pH was adjusted to 3.0 with 0.2 M HCl solution and the volume was made up to 200 ml with water.Apparatus A Shimadzu UV-160A UV-VIS spectrophotometer with 1 cm quartz cells was used. UV-Visible spectra were automatically obtained by Shimadzu UV-160A system software.Methods. General Procedure Into a series of 15 ml glass tubes 1 ml buffer solution of pH 3.0 and 1 ml ...