The spectrofluorometric determination of ibuprofen in pharmaceutical tablet
s, creams and syrup is described. It involves excitation at 263 nm and emis
sion at 288 nm. The linear range is 2-73 mg L-1. Other drugs or excipients
present in the different formulations do not interfere, except in the case
of chlorzoxazone containing tablets. Due to its strong absorbance in the sp
ectral range the chlorzoxazone does interfere, so that in this case the pro
posed method can't be applied. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights re
served.