Abstract

EMULSION LIQUID MEMBRANE EXTRACTION AND DETERMINATION OF AMPICILLIN WITH ALIQUOT 336 AND CYANEX301 AS AN EXTRACTANT

*Vidyagauri Lele, Saira Mulla, Suhas Kulkarni and Anand Patil

Abstract

A novel method for the emulsion liquid membrane extraction and separation of antibiotic ampicillin from 1 mole/dm3 NaCl carbonate buffer pH(Varying) feed phase using cyanex301 has been developed. ampicillin has been stripped from organic phase with NaCl buffer of pH 8.0 and determined spectrophotometrically at 230 nm. The method developed has been applied for the selective separation of ampicillin from synthetic industrial effluent. The method developed is rapid, simple and excels most of the conventional techniques because of following merits such as low energy requirements, compact modular device, simultaneous extraction and stripping in the same device, zero pollution and use of mild to moderate process conditions.

Keywords: Ampicillin, Aliquot 336, Cyanex 301.