Four ecofriendly spectrophotometric methods for the determination of perindopril through derivatization with sulphophtalein dyes: application to tablet analysis

Nowadays, there is a need to expand the bank of spectrophotometric methods for the determination of perindopril in dosage forms for the purposes of routine pharmaceutical analysis, which would be simple, express, «green» and inexpensive. In the present work, perindopril in tablets was quantified via a direct simple, «green», and non-extracting spectrophotometric approach based on the formation of ion-pair complexes with sulphophtalein dyes. The absorbances of the colored reaction products were registered at 405 nm (bromocresol green, BCG), 397 nm (bromocresol purple, BCP, and bromothymol blue, BTB) and 598 nm (bromophenol blue, BPB). To achieve the highest intensity of absorbance, optimum conditions were established by the screening of many experimental factors such as optimal concentration and volume of dyes, and the time consumed for the reaction. Beer’s law was obeyed in the ranges of 0.44–3.96 µg/mL (BCG), 3.00–7.00 µg/mL (BCP), 4.00–12.00 µg/mL (BTB) and 0.44–3.52 µg/mL (BPB). All four methods were validated in accordance with ICH guidelines, confirming specificity and linearity, accuracy and precision, limits of detection and quantification, robustness. These validated methods provide a reliable and green approach for the quantitative analysis of perindopril in tablets, contributing to safer and more sustainable laboratory practices in pharmaceutical analysis.