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Table 5 Comparison of the proposed method for SF and VP determination with other reported methods: Determination of SF in presence of VP

From: Eco-friendly analytical methods for the determination of compounds with disparate spectral overlapping: application to antiviral formulation of sofosbuvir and velpatasvir

Determination of SF in presence of VP

Point of comparison

Proposed method

Reference (Kamal et al., 2019)

Reference (Rezk et al., 2019b)

Reference (Attia et al., 2018)

Determination method

Derivative ratio (2DD), delta absorbance (ΔA, Δ D1), and derivative compensation

First derivative of ratio spectra (1 DD) and ratio difference spectrophotometry (RD)

Dual wavelength (DW), ratio subtraction (RS), ratio difference (RD), and first derivative of ratio spectra method (1 DD)

First derivative of SF spectra, calculated by Savitsky–Golay filters, at 251 nm

Linearity range (μg/mL)

5-50

5-50

5-90

4–40

LOD (μg/mL)

(2DD) 0.471

(ΔA) 0.318

(Δ D1) 0.773

(1 DD) 0.150

(RD) 0.106

(DW) 1.21

(RS) 1.32

(RD) 1.19

(1 DD) 1.38

0.913

LOQ (μg/mL)

(2DD) 1.568

(ΔA) 1.062

(Δ D1) 2.578

(1 DD) 0.454

(RD) 0.322

(DW) 3.67

(RS) 4.01

(RD) 3.61

(1 DD) 4.17

2.767

Applications

Synthetic mixture, dosage form

Determination of drugs in dosage form

Laboratory prepared mixtures and dosage form

Determination of drugs in pharmaceutical dosage form