Isoproterenol Flashcards
What is Isoproterenol?
adrenergic bronchodilator (B1/B2 agonist)
How does Isoproterenol work?
The compound relaxes the smooth muscle in the lungs and opens airways to improve breathing.
What is it used to treat?
- asthma
- chronic bronchitis
- emphysema
- other lung diseases
-relieve cough, wheeze, shortness of breath and troubled breathing by increasing the flow of air through the bronchial tubes.
In Canada, what is Isoproterenol available as?
an injection
In pharmaceutical analysis, a measured signal cannot be interpreted on its own but is often ______
calibrated
What does calibration do?
Calibration enables the analysts to establish the relationship between values of quantities indicated by a measuring instrument, values represented by a material measure or a reference material, and the corresponding values realized by standards.
What is relative calibration?
referred to measurements that are evaluated by comparison with those made on standards or references
What is absolute calibration?
can be evaluated without comparative measurements, but rely instead on fundamental physical and chemical constants and principles
In pharmaceutical analysis, most quantitative measurements use _______ calibration models, while instrumentation calibrations are likely categorized as an ______ calibration
relative
absolute
What is one-point calibration?
It utilizes only one standard as a comparison value. In this instance, it is presumed that this standard is sufficiently reliable and reproducible, and a zero measurement (zero mass, amount or concentration) will produce a zero (or a very well-known value other than zero) response. Between these two values at intermediate mass of the analyze, a linear interpolation is assumed, but no extrapolation beyond the value of the standard is recommended.
What is a multiple-point calibration?
It utilizes more than three different standards (other than zero) to generate the comparison range, which is also considered more accurate and reliable than one-point calibration, because measurement variation is minimized through multiple interpolations. Extrapolation beyond the values of the standards could be reasonably used for calculations as long as linear correlation among standards is satisfactory.
The linear relationship is usually expressed in the following mathematical equation is
y = mx + b
The absorption of electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths between ____ and ____nm by molecules can be employed for both qualitative and quantitative drug analysis.
200 and 800
The relationship between the concentration of an analyte and the intensity of its light absorption is thus the basis of ________
spectrophotometry
Why is spectrophotometry used extensively in drug analysis?
Bc a wide variety of pharmaceutical substances absorb radiation int he near-UV (200-380 nm) and visible (380-800 nm) regions of electromagnetic spectrum
What are some major strengths of UV/visible spectrophotometry ?
1) an easy, inexpensive and robust analytical approach for precise quantitative measurement of drugs in formulations
2) a routine method for physical and chemical characterization of drugs in preformulation and formulation
What are some limitations of UV/visible spectrophotometry ?
1) assay selectivity is somehow low, because it depends on the chromophore (extended systems of double bonds) of individual compounds
ex. a collared drug with an extended chromophore is more distinctive than a drug with a simple benzene ring chromophore
2) analysis of mixtures is difficult because two compounds may have maximum absorbance at the same wavelength
Absorption of radiation by a molecule is mainly governed by two factors. What are they?
- the structure of the chemical molecule
- the wavelength of the radiation