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. 2021 May 26;11(31):19196–19202. doi: 10.1039/d1ra01346g

Comparison between validation parameters of the proposed TLC-visualization method and TLC-densitometric method for determination of ofloxacin and ornidazole in their binary mixture.

TLC-visualization method TLC-densitometric method
Parameters OFL ORN OFL ORN
Wave length 320.0 nm 320.0 nm
Range (μg/band) 12.5–62.5 500–1000 5–40 5–50
Linearity (regression equation) Y = −0.1466x + 16.183 Y = −0.0171x + 43.553 Y = 434.5x + 10 455 Y = 516.98x + 23 107
Slopea 0.15 0.02 434.5 516.9
Intercepta 16.2 43.6 10 455 23 107
Correlation coefficienta 0.9999 0.9991 0.9999 0.9999
Accuracyb (mean ± SD) 100.0 ± 0.6 100.1 ± 0.7 99.9 ± 0.7 99.7 ± 0.9
Specificityc 98.6 ± 0.4 100.5 ± 1.5
LOD (μg/band)d 1.6 97.8 0.8 1.1
LOQ (μg/bandd 4.9 296.3 2.3 3.3
Precision (±RSD%)
(a) Repeatabilitye ±0.8 ±0.7 ±0.4 ±0.8
(b) Intermediate precisionf ±0.4 ±0.5 ±0.3 ±0.7
a

Average of three determinations.

b

Accuracy (the mean of 5 different concentrations of each OFL and OR).

c

Recovery of different laboratory prepared mixtures containing different ratios of OFL and OR.

d

Limit of detection is determined via calculations, LOD = (SD of response/slope) × 3.3; LOQ = (SD of response/slope) × 10.

e

Intraday precision (the RSD of 3 different concentrations) (10, 20, 25 μg/band for OFL) & (5, 10, 50 μg/band for OR) in (TLC-densitometric) and (12.5, 25, 37.5 μg/band for OFL) & (500, 700, 900 μg/band for OR) in TLC-smartphone, 3 replicates each, within the same day.

f

Interday precision (the RSD of 3 different concentrations) (10, 20, 25 μg/band for OFL) & (5, 10, 50 μg/band for OR) in (TLC-densitometric) and (12.5, 25, 37.5 μg/band for OFL) & (500, 700, 900 μg/band for OR) in TLC-smartphone, 3 replicates each, on 3 successive days.