# Validation and Application of Screen-Printed Microchip for Potentiometric Determination of Metformin Hydrochloride in Tablet Dosage Form

## TL;DR

This study validates a disposable microchip sensor for quickly and accurately measuring metformin in diabetes tablets.

## Contribution

The first validation of a potentiometric microsensor for metformin determination in tablet dosage forms.

## Key findings

- The method showed a linear range of 1 × 10−1–1 × 10−5 mol L−1 with a high correlation coefficient of 0.999.
- The method demonstrated high precision (RSD% < 2.22%) and accuracy (recovery < 5%).

## Abstract

Metformin is an oral biguanides hypoglycaemic agent, which used to lower the blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Many analytical techniques have been used to quantify the drug in different pharmaceutical dosage forms; however, most of these methods have limited throughput in the quality control application. A disposable potentiometric microsensor responsive to metformin has recently been reported. For the first time, herein, this method of analysis has been validated according to IUPAC recommendations and successfully applied in the determination of metformin drug in some dosage form. Different drug formulations of metformin hydrochloride have been collected from the local pharmaceutical stores in Saudi Arabia and analysed using the validated microchip-based method of analysis. Subsequently, the results of this study showed that the validated method was linear, specific, precise, and accurate. The linear range was 1 × 10−1–1 × 10−5 mol L−1 and the correlation coefficient was 0.999. The limit of detection was 2.89 × 10−6 mol L−1, and the limit of quantification was 8.77 × 10−6 mol L−1. This method demonstrated high precision, with an RSD% of less than 2.22%. The accuracy of this method was obtained by comparing the recovery percentage with percentage values less than 5%. The results obtained showed that there was no significant difference between the references, label, and recovery of less than 5%.