A new complexes of the type ML, MʹL and M″L [where M=Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Mn(II), Mʹ=Fe(III) and M″=Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) and L=N1-[(1E)-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethylidene]-2-oxo-2H-chromene- 3-carbohydrazide (HL)] Schiff base have been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, molar conductance, IR,1H NMR, UV-Visible and ESR data. The studies indicate the HL acts as doubly monodentate bridge for metal ions and form mononuclear complexes. The complexes Ni(II), Co(II), Cu(II) Mn(II) and Fe(III) complexes are found to be octahedral, where as Zn(II), Cd(II) and Hg(II) complexes are four coordinated with tetrahedral geometry. The synthesized ligand and its metal complexes were screened for their antimicrobial activity.

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Simple, sensitive, rapid and cost effective extraction spectrophotometric methods are described for the assay of mebeverine hydrochloride (MBH) in bulk samples and pharmaceutical formulations. These two methods (Bromophenol blue and Erichrome Black‐T) are based on the formation of chloroform soluble ion‐pair complexes of MBH with Bromophenol blue (BPB) and with Erichrome Black‐T (EBT), to form yellow and pink colored chromogen in a Glycine‐HCl buffer of pH 2.4 (BPB) and in a KCl‐HCl buffer of pH 1.4 (EBT) with absorbance maximum at 416 nm and at 524 nm for BPB and EBT respectively. The calibration graph is found to linear over 0.2–20 μg/mL (BPB) and 0.2–20 μg/mL (EBT), with molar absorptivity values of 1.8295 × 104 1 moL−1 cm−1 and 1.5896 × 104 1 moL−1 cm−1, respectively. The LOD (Limit of Detection) were found to be 0.090 μg/mL and 0.084 μg/mL and LOQ (Limit of Quantification) were 0.2997 μg/mL and 0.2730 μg/mL for the BPB and EBT method, respectively. The results of analysis for the two methods have been validated statistically and by recovery studies. The results are compared with those obtained with reported method. The proposed methods are simple, sensitive, accurate and suitable for quality control applications.

A gas chromatographic method has been developed and validated for the determination of memantine hydrochloride (MMT) in pure and pharmaceutical preparations. The detection was carried out using flame ionization detector. Separation was achieved on a DB-624 fused silica packed capillary column (30 m x 0.320 mm x 1.8 μm). Nitrogen was used as a carrier gas at a flow rate of 40 mL/min. The column temperature was maintained at 300°C while the temperature of injection port and detector were maintained at 270° and 300°C, respectively. Gabapentin (GPN) was used as an internal standard. The procedure gave a linear response over the concentration range of 0.5-3.5 mg/mL with sufficient reproducibility. The method has been applied successfully for the determination of MMT in pure and pharmaceutical formulations. The excipients present in the formulations did not interfere with the assay procedure. The recovery values were found to be in the range of 99.85-100.1% with RSD values less than 1%. The results obtained from this method were compared with the reference method (HPTLC) reported in literature and no significant difference was found statistically