Study of Different Carbonaceous Materials as Modifiers of Screen-printed Carbon Electrodes for the Triazid as Potential Antiviral Drug

In this work a comparative study of Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes (SPCE) - bare and modified by drop casting with carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNMs) as Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNT), Carbon Black and Functionalized Carbon Black for voltammetric determination of 5-methyl-6-nitro-7-oxo-4,7-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinide l-arginine monohydrate (Triazid) as a potential drug with a broad spectrum of antiviral activity is reported. Bare SPCE and CNMs modified SPCE (SPCE/CNMs) have been characterized morphologically by SEM and electrochemically by cyclic voltammetry/electrochemical impedance spectroscopy with [Fe(CN)(6)](4-/3-) as redox probe. Significant improvement of electrochemical performances is achieved with SPCE/CNMs compared with the bare SPCE. Among SPCE/CNMs studied SPCE modified with MWCNT (SPCE/CNT) is characterized by the best combination of electrochemical properties and electroanalytical performance towards TD. The linear dynamic range is 25-200 mg L-1 (R-2=0.9975) with the limit of detection - 2.8 mg L-1 Triazid using SPCE/CNT and Square-Wave Voltammetry technique. The developed sensor was successfully used for Triazid determination in the Pharmaceutical Substance "TRIAZID". The results achieved with SPCE/CNMs after chemical binding of dissolved oxygen in 0.04 M Britton-Robinson buffer+0.04 M Na2SO3 (pH 7.2 +/- 0.2) are very useful for further development of cost-effective and time-consuming pharmaceutical routine assay.