Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an extremely contagious illness, has posed enormous challenges to healthcare systems around the world. Although the evidence on COVID-19 management is growing, antiviral medication is still the first line of treatment. Therefore, it is critical that effe...

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Main Authors: Amal B. Ahmed, Maha M. Abdelrahman, Fadwa H. Edrees
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Published: BMC 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-024-01364-3
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Maha M. Abdelrahman
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description Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an extremely contagious illness, has posed enormous challenges to healthcare systems around the world. Although the evidence on COVID-19 management is growing, antiviral medication is still the first line of treatment. Therefore, it is critical that effective, safe, and tolerable antivirals be available to treat early COVID-19 and stop its progression. Recently, favipiravir (FAV) has received FDA approval as safe and effective antiviral medication for COVID-19 management. Nitazoxanide (NTZ) also possesses antiviral and immunomodulating activities. Moreover, FAV and NTZ in combination are clinically used in COVID-19 treatment with reported safety, synergistic antiviral and immunomodulating effects. Despite the availability of various clinical studies on both FAV and NTZ, no existing analytical application for the simultaneous estimation of FAV and NTZ exists. As a result, the current work goal is to establish a green HPLC method for their analysis and implementation to human plasma. The developed method utilizes isocratic elution with 0.1% aqueous formic acid: ethanol (55:45, v/v) and dantrolene as internal standard. The bioanalytical validation parameters passed the FDA acceptance criteria. NEMI, eco scale, AGREE and ComplexGAPI approaches were used for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the method’s greenness.
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spelling doaj-art-19055f6d6c5947bf8bc4585d0bb5fba92025-01-12T12:06:45ZengBMCBMC Chemistry2661-801X2025-01-0119111210.1186/s13065-024-01364-3Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasmaAmal B. Ahmed0Maha M. Abdelrahman1Fadwa H. Edrees2Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University (NUB)Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef UniversityPharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nile Valley University (NVU)Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an extremely contagious illness, has posed enormous challenges to healthcare systems around the world. Although the evidence on COVID-19 management is growing, antiviral medication is still the first line of treatment. Therefore, it is critical that effective, safe, and tolerable antivirals be available to treat early COVID-19 and stop its progression. Recently, favipiravir (FAV) has received FDA approval as safe and effective antiviral medication for COVID-19 management. Nitazoxanide (NTZ) also possesses antiviral and immunomodulating activities. Moreover, FAV and NTZ in combination are clinically used in COVID-19 treatment with reported safety, synergistic antiviral and immunomodulating effects. Despite the availability of various clinical studies on both FAV and NTZ, no existing analytical application for the simultaneous estimation of FAV and NTZ exists. As a result, the current work goal is to establish a green HPLC method for their analysis and implementation to human plasma. The developed method utilizes isocratic elution with 0.1% aqueous formic acid: ethanol (55:45, v/v) and dantrolene as internal standard. The bioanalytical validation parameters passed the FDA acceptance criteria. NEMI, eco scale, AGREE and ComplexGAPI approaches were used for qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the method’s greenness.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-024-01364-3COVID-19FavipiravirNitazoxanidePlasmaTherapeutic drug monitoringGreen HPLC method
spellingShingle Amal B. Ahmed
Maha M. Abdelrahman
Fadwa H. Edrees
Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
BMC Chemistry
COVID-19
Favipiravir
Nitazoxanide
Plasma
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Green HPLC method
title Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
title_full Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
title_fullStr Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
title_full_unstemmed Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
title_short Eco-sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for COVID-19: application to human plasma
title_sort eco sustainable chromatographic method for the determination of favipiravir and nitazoxanide for covid 19 application to human plasma
topic COVID-19
Favipiravir
Nitazoxanide
Plasma
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Green HPLC method
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-024-01364-3
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