A rapid, specific, easy and economic UV spectrophotometric method has been developed using methanol as a solvent to determine the oxcarbazepine content in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. At a pre-determined λmax of 306 nm, it was proved linear in the range of 20-100 µg/ml and exhibited good correlation coefficient (R2 = 0.9997) and excellent mean recovery (99.166%). This method was successfully applied to the determination of oxcarbazepine content in two marketed brands from India and the results were in good agreement with the label claims. The method was validated statistically and by recovery studies for linearity, precision, repeatability and reproducibility. The obtained results proved that the method can be employed for the routine analysis of oxcarbazepine in bulks as well as in the commercial formulations.
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