Fluorescence Quantum Yield Determination of Propylparaben Using Flow Injection Spectroscopy

J Fluoresc. 2018 Nov;28(6):1275-1280. doi: 10.1007/s10895-018-2302-8. Epub 2018 Oct 1.

Abstract

The determination of the fluorescence quantum yield of Propylparaben is introduced and applied to L-tyrosine as a standard by a new approach that can be applied to the pharmaceutical compound utilised in this study. The quantum yield is a critical figure of quality for the optical nature of a fluorophore. Numerous investigations have considered the glitter in both pharmaceutical and nature compounds for its medical and industrial significance. A straightforward method is detailed here to decide the quantum yield of Propylparaben in solution as an element of the fluorescence concentration. For this reason, L-Tyrosine is chosen as a fluorescence standard perspective to gauge the Propylparaben fluorescence quantum yield. The impacts of pH, solvents and flow rate on the assessment of quantum yield and quantum efficiency, for the reference and the solutions of Propylparaben, have been investigated. The results indicated that these parameters significantly influence the accuracy of the method. Diverse methods are concentrated on to represent distinctive quantum yield advancements with the quantum efficiency. The impact of these parameters was likewise considered. In this study, the application of the single method may be taken into consideration to compute quantum yield of Propylparaben, which was 0.36, and this is an exceptionally basic and general technique to solve the imperative issue of luminescence quantum yield assurance of other fluorescence compounds.

Keywords: Excitation and emission measurements; Flow injection; Fluorescence quantum yield; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Luminescence; Quantum efficiency.

MeSH terms

  • Flow Injection Analysis*
  • Parabens / analysis*
  • Parabens / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*
  • Tyrosine / chemistry

Substances

  • Parabens
  • Tyrosine
  • propylparaben