A new flow-through method (flow injection analysis, FIA) for the lidocaine
assay, using extraction of ion - associate with bromocresol green, was prop
osed. The optimum reaction and flow-through conditions (reagent concentrati
ons, pH, flow rates of reagents, injected volume of sample, length of react
ion and extraction coil, total flow rate through the separator, withdrawal
rate of organic phase) were found. The Lambert-Beer's law is obeyed in the
concentration range of 1.4-16.2 mug ml(-1).