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Table 3 Intra- and inter- day precisions for the analysis of SOF and SMV in three laboratory mixtures by the proposed methods

From: Mathematical processing of absorption as green smart spectrophotometric methods for concurrent assay of hepatitis C antiviral drugs, Sofosbuvir and Simeprevir: application to combined pharmaceutical dosage forms and evaluation of the method greenness

Concentration (μg mL−1)

% Recoverya ± RSD

Intra-day precision

Inter-day precision

SMV

SOF

SMV#

SOF

SMV#

SOF

iso-absorptive point method

 7.5

20.0

100.39 ± 1.33

100.75 ± 1.13

100.18 ± 2.60

99.61 ± 2.44

 10.0

20.0

99.90 ± 1.06

102.37 ± 2.00

102.81 ± 1.47

102.70 ± 0.53

 20.0

10.0

102.39 ± 1.91

100.92 ± 0.96

99.83 ± 1.52

100.99 ± 2.00

Ratio subtraction method

 7.5

20.0

98.66 ± 0.75

101.88 ± 1.63

100.97 ± 1.15

99.32 ± 1.65

 10.0

20.0

101.03 ± 1.07

100.27 ± 0.69

100.85 ± 1.67

101.64 ± 0.98

 20.0

10.0

100.92 ± 1.45

99.75 ± 1.48

99.47 ± 0.85

102.45 ± 1.37

Dual wavelength method

 7.5

20.0

100.93 ± 0.65

102.42 ± 0.99

100.36 ± 1.26

99.32 ± 1.95

 10.0

20.0

97.67 ± 1.17

100.83 ± 1.85

97.50 ± 1.17

99.64 ± 0.78

 20.0

10.0

98.54 ± 1.83

100.26 ± 1.42

101.97 ± 1.59

102.53 ± 1.07

  1. aThe value is the mean of three determinations
  2. #SMV was determined by direct determination suing the absorbance at 335 nm in all methods