Métodos electroquímicos como alternativa para el análisis de medicamentos

Abstract

Electrochemical techniques are responsible for the study of the electrical properties that occur in a solution through the process of oxidation and reduction in a reaction. In the present work we intend to give the approach of these techniques as an economical alternative that can be used in the analysis of drugs to verify if the drugs when subjected to these analyses meet the quality standards described by the manufacturers. The potentiostat is an equipment used to obtain quantitative and qualitative results of an analyte under study due to the current intensities produced by applying a stable and constant electrical power difference, this process is produced as a product of the electrolysis of analytes in a sample with electroactive characteristics, so that they can be interpreted in potentiograms. The objective of the present work is to analyze some electrochemical methods to apply them as alternatives in the analysis of drugs. The methodology applied in this research was a descriptive study through scientific bibliographies for the resolution of the practical reagent. It was concluded that the potentiostat can become an economical alternative for the analysis of drugs as long as the electroactive characteristics of the sample are taken into account, and also that the method to be applied has a significant accuracy, sensitivity, precision and linearity for the validation of the method, for which there is a variety of bibliographies that serve as a reference for the study of a specific drug.