“…There are several methods to separate simultaneously and quantify the species Sb(III) and Sb(V) in the pharmaceutical formulations such as: capillary electrophoresis -inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (CE-ICP-MS) (Michalke & Schramel 1999); high performance liquid chromatography hydride generation-atomic fluorescence spectrometry detection (HPLC-HG-AFS) (Apte & Howard 1986, Casiot et al 1998, Cava-Montesinos et al 2003, González et al 2005, Morita et al 2007); spectrophotometric methods with flow injection (Bloomfield et al 1992, Rath et al 1997, Trivelin et al 2006; high performance liquid chromatography-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry detection (HPLC-HG-AAS) (Smichowski et al 1995, Lintschinger et al 1997, Zhang et al 1998, Lindemann et al 1999, Zheng et al 2000; and ICP-MS (Lintschinger et al 1998, Ulrich 1998a, b, Zheng et al 2001. Even though these methods are the most appropriate for speciation of antimony, they are poorly suitable for the employment in the routine of medication quality control, which demands simple and more affordable methods.…”