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Study of degradation behavior of abacavir using a diamond film electrode
Pražáková, Lucie ; Kubíčková, Anna (advisor) ; Kozlík, Petr (referee)
In this work the electrochemical degradation behavior of the drug abacavir is studied with the use of boron-doped diamond electrode. Oxidative degradation of the active substance abacavir, used to treat patients with HIV disease, was studied in a batch of three-electrode and two-electrode settings. In this work, the characteristics of five working boron-doped diamond electrodes, differing in a boron/carbon doping ratio of 500 ppm, 1000 ppm, 2000 ppm, 4000 ppm and 8000 ppm, were studied. The degradation in the three-electrode arrangement took place under potenciostatic electrolysis at potentials from 0,6 V to 2,0 V. The degradation in the two-electrode arrangement took place under conditions of potenciostatic electrolysis at higher potentials from 2,0 to 4,5 V. Optimal degradation, to the required values up to 25 %, was achieved at a potential of 3,5 V for an oxidation time of 10 minutes on a boron-doped diamond electrode with a boron/carbon doping ratio of 500 ppm and 1000 ppm. Separation and determination of abacavir and its degradation products were performed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with a mass detector. The degradation of abacavir produced two known degradation products, DP1 with relative retention times of 0,40 and DP2 with relative retention times of 0,45. The...
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