Determination of Vitamin B12 in Multivitamin Tablets by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

Two procedures for separation and determination of vitamin B₁₂ in multivitamin tablets by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography are proposed. Sample preparation is very simple: tablets are dissolved in distilled water, centrifuged and filtered. The sample solution is directly applied in the sample loop injector and chromatograms are obtained with gradient elution using water-methanol and water-acetonitrile as solvents. The peak of vitamin B₁₂ from samples of B-complex tablets is well separated with the two procedures. For multivitamin tablets, however, only the procedure with water and methanol as solvents was good for separation and quantification of vitamin B₁₂. Both procedures were verified by the standard addition method and also compared to a previously developed method using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for vitamin B₁₂ determination.     

Development of a Spectrofluorimetric Method for Determination of Albendazole in Tablets

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In this study a spectrofluorimetric method was developed to determine drug active compound in the tablets for albendazole (ABZ). For this aim, fluorescence spectra of albendazolee drug active compound in various solvents were taken, it was determined that the most suitable solvent was chloroform and excitation (λ_ex) and emission (λ_em) wavelength in a row was 360 nm and 440 nm in this solvent. Calibration graphics were drawn and shown linear at 0–2.5 mg/l concentration range (R²=0.9993). Albendazole quantity in the andazol tablets was determined from directly calibration graphs and with standard addition method. Results obtained with developed spectrofluorimetric method were compared with standard USP method and it was found no difference between two methods within 95% confidence limits. It was determined that proposed method was easy and highly accuracy method to be able to use in routine albendazole analyze for the quality control.     

Simultaneuus Spectrophotometric Deermination of Phenazo-Pyridine and Nitrofurantoin in Tablets

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Two spectrophotometric methods are proposed for the simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of phenaaopyridine and nitrofurantoin in tablets. No preliminary separation step is required. The first method involves the use of the modified Vierardt equation as developed by Glenn. The second method is based on the spectral changes induced bg reduction using Zn/HCl; the absorption spectrum of nitrofurantoin completely disappears, Phenazopyridine on the other hand develops a new absorption spectra at 320 nm, the absorbance ratio of the peak at 380 nm to that at 320 nm could be adopted to develop a spectrophotometric method for the determination of both compounds in admixture. The suggested methods were applied to the determination of the two compounds in tablets, and the results obtained were accurate and precise.     

Quantitation of Chloroquine Phosphate And Primaquine Phosphate In Tablets Using High-performance Liquid Chromatography

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Reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography methods for the quantitation of chloroquine phosphate and primaquine phosphate in tablets have been developed. The methods require one column and 2 mobile phases for complete analysis of both drugs when present in combination. The methods are accurate and precise with percent relative standard deviations based on 6 injections of 0.5 and 0.9 for chloroquine and primaquine, respectively. The results of single ingredient, chloroquine phosphate tablets are in excellent agreement with the USP-NF method which is nonspecific. Primaquine interfers with the USP-NF method and not with the developed HPLC method. Both drugs appear to be very stable to heat.     

Determination of Metronidazole in Tablet Formulations by Differential Pulse Polarography

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A method for the determination of metronidazole in pharmaceutical tablets is presented. Differential pulse polarography at a static mercury drop electrode is used to observe the reduction of the imidazole. The method is demonstrated to be simple, rapid, linear, reproducible and accurate.     

Special Report: Standard Practice of Liquid Size-Exclusion Chromatography - SEC (GEL Permeation Chromatography - GPC

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A reversed-phase ion-pair liquid chromatographic method was applied to the analysis of bambuterol hydrochloride chemical reference substance (CRS) and tablets. The purity evaluation of the reference substance was performed with amperometric, UV, diode array and mass spectrometric detection. The total amount of impurities found was less then 0.1%.

For the determination of bambuterol hydrochloride in tablets the method reproducibility was 0.9% and the recovery was in the range 99.8–100.7%. Detection limits for conceivable degradation products were about 1 ng. The suitability of different column packing materials was investigated.     

A Rapid Spectrophotometric Method to Resolve Ternary Mixtures of Propyphenazone, Caffeine, and Acetaminophen in Tablets

Summary.  A simple and rapid derivative spectrophotometric assay procedure is described for the analysis of caffeine (1), acetaminophen (2), and propyphenazone (3) in tablet formulations. The concentration range of application is 5.0–25.0 μg·cm⁻³ for 2 and 3 and 1.0–5.0 μg·cm⁻³ for 1. The method involves the extraction of the drugs from tablets with 0.1 N H₂SO₄, filtration, appropriate dilution, and measurement of the fourth derivative absorbance values at zero crossing wavelengths of 230.0, 263.2, and 256.6 nm for 1, 2, and 3. As a reference method, a reversed phase HPLC procedure was developed. Commercially available tablets were analyzed; statistical comparison of the results with those obtained from the reference method showed good agreement. The derivative spectrophotometric method has the advantage of being simple, rapid, inexpensive, and easy to perform. Received April 18, 2001. Accepted (revised) June 5, 2001     

Determination of Melphalan and Chlorambucil in Tablet Dosage form Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Amperometric Detection

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We developed a liquid chromatographic method for the measurement of melphalan and chlorambucil in tablets, using a reversed phase C18 column with isocratic elution and amperometric detection. For melphalan the potential was set at +0.95V and chlorambucil at + 0.90V. The method is simple, sensitive and may also be applicable to pharmacokinetic studies.     

A Rapid Spectrophotometric Method to Resolve Ternary Mixtures of Propyphenazone, Caffeine, and Acetaminophen in Tablets

 A simple and rapid derivative spectrophotometric assay procedure is described for the analysis of caffeine (1), acetaminophen (2), and propyphenazone (3) in tablet formulations. The concentration range of application is 5.0–25.0 μg·cm⁻³ for 2 and 3 and 1.0–5.0 μg·cm⁻³ for 1. The method involves the extraction of the drugs from tablets with 0.1 N H₂SO₄, filtration, appropriate dilution, and measurement of the fourth derivative absorbance values at zero crossing wavelengths of 230.0, 263.2, and 256.6 nm for 1, 2, and 3. As a reference method, a reversed phase HPLC procedure was developed. Commercially available tablets were analyzed; statistical comparison of the results with those obtained from the reference method showed good agreement. The derivative spectrophotometric method has the advantage of being simple, rapid, inexpensive, and easy to perform.     

Determination of Apomorphine in Tablets Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection

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A rapid and selective method using high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection is described for the determination of apomorphine in tablets. Tablet mixes were dissolved in a standard volume of mobile phase containing the internal standard, N-n-propylnorapomorphine. Separation was achieved on a μ-phenyl column using methanol-acetonitrile-0.05M KH₂PO₄ (5:15:80) as mobile phase. The eluted compounds were detected with a sandwich-type electrochemical detector employing a glassy carbon working electrode and operated at 0.5V. Satisfactory accuracy and precision were obtained during analyses of tablets containing apomorphine.     

Determination of Diphenoxylate Hydrochloride and Atropine Sulphate in Tablet Formulations by Reversed - Phase HPLC

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The official compendial USP method for the determination of Diphenoxylate HCI (DPHCI) and Atropine Sulphate (ATSO₄) involves extensive sample manipulation followed by non-aqueous titration for (DPHCI) and gas chromatography for (ATSO₄). Furthermore, the assay for individual tablets (content uniformity) is not specific. The proposed HPLC methodology offers substantial improvement in sensitivity, specificity and speed. The method provides simultaneous separation with minimum sample manipulation. The total elution time is less than ten minutes. The accuracy of the method was validated by comparing the results with those obtained by applying the USP XX method on commercial tablets. The specificity of the method was confirmed by the results of content uniformity of DPHCI which were more accurate than those obtained by the USP method.     

Spectrophotometric Analysis of some Phenothiazine Neuroleptics using Chloramine-T

ABSTRACT

A sensitive and selective spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of six phenothiazine neuroleptics. The method is based on the interaction of the drugs with chloramine-T in sulphuric acid medium to yield a red, reddish-violet, orange or greenish-blue intermediate with maximum absorption at 500-636 nm. Beer's law is obeyed over the range 5-125 μg ml^?1 of the drugs. The apparent molar absorptivities were found to be in the range 1.04x10³ to 5.46x10³ 1.mol^?1cm^?1. The investigated drugs were assayed in tablets and injections. The mean percentage recoveries were 97.65-101.75 and the relative standard deviations were found to be less than 2%.     

Simultaneous determination of levofloxacin hemihydrate and ambroxol hydrochloride in tablets by thin-layer chromatography combined with densitometry

This paper describes the application of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) combined with densitometry to simultaneous determination of levofloxacin hemihydrate (LEV) and ambroxol hydrochloride (AMB) in bulk and tablets. The separation was achieved on aluminum sheet of silica gel 60 F ₂₅₄ using chloroform: methanol: toluene: ammonia (10: 6: 3: 0.8 v/v/v/v) as mobile phase. Quantification was carried out densitometrically at 245 nm. This system was found to give compact spots for LEV (R _f value of 0.4) and AMB (R _f value of 0.7). The calibration curves for LEV and AMB was found to be linear between 9960–16600 ng/spot (r ² = 0.999) and 600–1000 ng/spot (r ² = 0.999), respectively. The mean percentage recoveries from tablets for LEV and AMB were 99.45% and 99.58%, respectively. The TLC-densitometry method has many advantages, such as simplicity, reasonable sensitivity, rapidity, and low cost, and it can be successfully used in routine analysis of both these drugs in tablet formulations.     

Determination of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate in Pharmaceuticals by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Abstract

A high performance liquid chromatographic procedure for the analysis of pharmaceutical formulations containing pentaerythritol tetranitrate including the diluted bulk drug and finished products consisting of uncoated tablets and timed-release capsules and tablets was developed. The method employs a reversed-phase system with UV detection at 230 nm. Replicate analyses of 11 commercial formulations (5 diluted bulk drugs and 6 dosage forms gave precision values (CV) having a range of 0.17 to 1.80%. Recovery values obtained from these commercial preparations via fortification ranged from 98.8 to 102.0% while recoveries from 3 synthetic mixtures varied from 99.2 to 100.8%. The detector response for the analyte was observed to be linear over a 50-fold concentration range using nitroglycerin as the internal standard. The proposed HPLC method is specific, easy to perform and exhibits excellent accuracy and precision. Seven different brands of HPLC columns were evaluated for possible use with the method.     

Rapid Stability Indicating Uv-Assay of Methenamine Mandelate In Tablets Using Solid Phase Extraction

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A rapid stability-indicating method was developed to quantitatively determine methenamine mandelate in tablets. After dissolution of the sample in water methenamine is separated from its decomposition product formaldehyde by the use of solid-phase extraction. the determination of methenamine may then be carried out by several procedures. A spectrophotometric assay following hydrolysis of methenamine to formaldehyde appeared to be most suitable.

The simplicity and accuracy of the method compares favourable with the U.S.P. XXI method. the procedure can be advantageously used in stability and quality control studies of methenamine containing dosage forms.

Precision and accuracy were checked by comparing the results of 10 identical raw material samples and 10 tablet samples that were both assayed by this method and the USP XXI procedure (Tables 4 and 5).

The assay values for methenamine and the relative standard deviations were similar for both procedures in both raw material and tablets.

Above results show that the SPE procedures give accurate, precise and reliable values for the methenamine assay. Since no titrant standardizations or lengthly sample pretreatments have to be carried out the method is fast, which makes it very suitable for industrial quality control purposes. the method is also economical. No precious instruments are necessary; a simple colorimetric device is sufficient.

The extraction columns can be reused several times. Even after 10 regenerations the columns did not show any deterioration.     

Validation of a Quantitative Method Determination of Estradiol in Pharmaceutical Products using UV-Vis Molecular Absorption Spectrometry

Abstract

This article describes the development and validation of a quantitative analytical method for determination of estradiol in several pharmaceutical products (powder, tablets, cream, solutions for injection) using UV-vis molecular absorption spectrometry. The proposed method is accurate, precise, sensitive, and selective and can be used in quality control laboratories.     

Stability Indicating Hplc Method for the Determination of Sparfloxacin (Spar)

ABSTRACT

A rapid, sensitive and stability indicating method for the determination of sparfloxacin (SPAR) by RP - HPLC has been developed on a Merck RP - Select B (5 μm; 12.5 cm x 4.0 mm) column using a mobile phase of water: acetonitrile: triethylamine (80 : 20 : 0.2 v/v) pH of which was adjusted to 2.6 with orthrophosphoric acid. The flow rate was 1 ml / min. and the detection was carried out at 304 nm using Waters 486 variable wavelength detector. The retention time for SPAR was 7.2 min. Linearity range was from 8 - 1000 ppm. The method showed good precision and accuracy when applied to two brands of tablets containing SPAR. In alkaline media SPAR is stable where as it undergoes degradation in acidic and oxidising conditions generating different degradation products the nature of which is required to be established. The proposed method nicely separates the degraded products from SPAR and hence can be used as stability indicating method for the assay of SPAR.     

Optimization,Validation and Application of a Capillary Zone Electrophoresis Method for the Assay of Sparfloxacin in Pharmaceutical Formulation

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A capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method has been developed for the determination of the antibiotic sparfloxacin in tablets. The CZE separation was performed using 75 µm×35 cm fused-silica capillary under the following conditions: 25°C; applied voltage, 12 kV; 25 mM H₃PO₄-NaOH running buffer (pH 8.5). The detection wavelength was 254 nm. Flumequine was used as internal standard (IS). The method was suitably validated with respect to linearity, limit of detection and quantification, accuracy, precision, specificity, and robustness. The calibration was linear from 10 to 60 µg mL^?1 and the limit of detection and quantification were 5.38 and 9.46 µg mL^?1, respectively. Recoveries ranging from 95.68%–102.4% were obtained in the determination of sparfloxacin that were spiked to placebos. Excipients in the commercial tablets and degraded products from different stress conditions did not interfere in the assay. The method was successfully applied to the determination of sparfloxacin in pharmaceutical tablets.     

Liquid Chromatographic Assay for Amodiaquine in Tablets and Biological Fluids

Abstract

A high performance liquid chromatographic assay for quantitating amodiaquine (A) in tablets, urine, plasma, bile and saliva is described. The method involved acid extraction of the drug from tablets and chloroform extraction of its base from the biological fluids after alkalinization with ammonia. Quinidine was used as the internal standard. A μ-Bondapak phenyl column was used for separation together with a mobile phase made of methanol, water and glacial acetic acid (pH 2.3). Good chromatograms with efficient separation of drug and internal standard peaks were observed. Retention times of 5.2 and 7.1 min. were obtained for the drug and the internal standard respectively. Correlation between areas under the curve and drug concentration was high. The mean percentage recovery of A from tablets was 102.03%, while from the biological fluids, it ranged from 85.2 to 104.61%. Urine and saliva obtained from volunteers and bile obtained from animals administering amodiaquine showed chromatograms similar to those obtained for blank samples spiked with A. Interference from table't excipients of biological fluids was undetectable or negligible. The method was found to be precise and simple.     

Utility of Dihaloquinone Chlorimides for the Determination of Phenazopyridine

Abstract

Phenazopyridine was found to react with each of 2, 6-dichloroquinone chlorimide (DCQ) and 2,6-dibromoquinone chlorimide (DBQ) in the presence of sodium acetate to produce a green colour peaking at 700 nm. The produced colour was found to obey Beers law in the range of 2-25 μg/ml. The molar ratio of the reaction could be realized, and a proposal of the reaction pathway was presented. The suggested procedure could be applied successfully to the determination of phenazopyridine HCl in tablets and the results obtained were compared favourably with those given with the official method.