SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF RIFAMPIN IN THE PRESENCE OF ITS DEGRADATION PRODUCTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS

The determination of rifampin in the presence of its main degradation products, 3-formyl rifampin and rifampin quinone using two spectrophotometric methods is described. Both Glenn's method and first derivative spectrophotometry were successfully adopted. No preliminary separation steps were required in either cases. Both methods gave accurate and reproducible results for the determination of the drug in dosage forms. The percentage recoveries ranged from 99.33% +/- 0.63 to 100.2% +/- 0.44. The proposed methods are more simple, rapid than other existing methods and can be readily adopted in control laboratory.