eng Science and Education Publishing World Journal of Analytical Chemistry 2333-1283 2015-09-06 3 1A 21 32 10.12691/wjac-3-1A-5 WJAC201531A5 article Shazalia Mahmoud Ali 1 Abdalla A. Elbashir hajaae@yahoo.com 2 Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein 3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Humanities, Hutat Sudair, Majmaah, University, Saudi Arabia Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum, P.O Box 321, Khartoum 11115, Sudan Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt Cephalosporins are the most commonly prescribed β-lactam antibiotics. Spectrophotometry is probably the most convenient analytical technique for routine analysis, because of its inherent simplicity, low cost and wide availability in quality control laboratories. Several papers have been presented in recent years regarding the development and validation for spectrophotometry methods for analysis of cephalosporins in pharmaceutical formulations. In this review article, various spectroscopic methods for analysis of cephalosporins are presented and discussed. http://pubs.sciepub.com/wjac/3/1A/5/wjac-3-1A-5.pdf cephalosporins antibiotics spectrophotometry pharmaceutical formulations