High-performance thin-layer chromatography method for the quantification of quetiapine fumarate and its related genotoxic impurities using green solvents

A novel high-performance thin-layer chromatographic (HPTLC) analytical method has been developed and optimized for the quantification of quetiapine fumarate (QF) and its two genotoxic impurities in drug substance and drug product. The desired separation was achieved on 60F₂₅₄ pre-coated HPTLC plates using combination of green solvents, ethyl acetate‒ethanol‒n-heptane (5:1:4, V/V) as developing solvents. The detection wavelength used for quantification was 229 nm. QF and its two related genotoxic impurities, namely, 2-chloroaniline and 2-aminodiphenylsulfide, were well resolved from one another with retention factor values of 0.13 ± 0.02, 0.57 ± 0.02 and 0.76 ± 0.02, respectively. The optimized method was validated according to the guidelines laid down by the International Council for Harmonisation. The linearity was determined in the range of 100–600 ng/spot for QF and 10‒60 ng/spot for its two related genotoxic impurities; R² ≥ 0.993. The method exhibited precision along with good accuracy, where 0.51, 0.86 and 1.86. The percentage recoveries obtained for 2-chloroaniline and 2-aminodiphenylsulfide were 99.04‒101.04%. The developed method can be successfully used for the analysis of drug samples.

     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method development and validation for the estimation of curcumin and cineole

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Curcumin and cineole are phytochemicals which have shown synergistic effects in allergic rhinitis (AR). The aim of the current work...     

Kinetic and mechanistic study of micellar effect of hydrolytic reaction of Di-2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline phosphate

The effect of anionic surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulphate) and nonionic surfactant (Brij-35) on the hydrolysis of di-2-methoxy-4-nitroaniline phosphate was studied spectrophotometrically at 303 K. The influence of salts on the reaction rate was studied. The presence of inorganic salts (KCl, KNO₃, and K₂SO₄) exhibited positive effect on the reaction rate. The thermodynamic activation parameters were calculated from Arrhenius equation. On the basis of the experimental findings a suitable mechanism has been proposed. The binding constants between the reactants and the surfactants evaluated from the kinetic models proposed by Menger-Portnoy, Piszkiewicz, and Berezin have been found in good agreement.     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method for analysis of secondary metabolites of Semiaquilegiae Radix

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Semiaquilegiae Radix has been extensively investigated for its cytotoxic, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,...     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography/mass spectrometry for rapid analysis of neutral glycosphingolipids

Direct coupling of high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization quadrupole ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MS) was shown to be a reliable and reproducible method to obtain structural information and fundamental properties of glycosphingolipids (GSLs). We report a protocol for the preparation of neutral GSL extracts from mouse tissues and demonstrate the applicability of HPTLC/MS to these preparations. The protocol consists of lipid extraction and ion exchange chromatography followed by a mild alkaline treatment and a reversed-phase cartridge extraction. Possible structures for each GSL are proposed based on HPTLC/MS analyses. This fast and simple method can be used to screen neutral GSL extracts obtained from tissues and cells without isolation and purification into individual GSLs.     

High-performance thin-layer chromatographic method for the determination of chlorpyrifos and its metabolite in visceral samples

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - In an attempt to determine chlorpyrifos insecticide and its metabolite 3,5,6-trichloropyridinol in visceral samples, a rapid...     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography analysis of industrial bamboo tableware for genotoxins,melamine and formaldehyde

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Bamboo tableware became popular as ecofriendly material. However, industrial tableware products made of...     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography method for assessment of the quality of combinatorial libraries,and comparison with liquid chromatography-ultraviolet-mass spectrometry

A high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method was developed for fast evaluation of the purity of solid-phase synthesis products. The results obtained were in good agreement with results obtained by the LC-MS method (r(2) = 0.8404) or by the LC-UV method (r(2) = 0.8053), confirming the suitability of HPTLC for purity analysis of combinatorial syntheses. The synthesis products can be quantified and identified by measuring UV densitograms or in situ UV spectra or by ESI-MS after isolation of the zone of interest. A new, simple, and fast method for transferring the zone of the analyte from the plate to the ESI-MS equipment is described. The new HPTLC method enables rapid and efficient analysis of approximately 40 samples in parallel. As such, it offers a cheaper and easier way to analyze the purity of synthesis products than the commonly used LC-UV-MS.     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography densitometric method for the quantification of harmine, harmaline, vasicine, and vasicinone in Peganum harmala

Peganum harmala Linn. seed is a reputed drug of the Indian systems of medicine. We report a simple high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) densitometric method for the quantification of 4 alkaloids, viz., harmine, harmaline, vasicine, and vasicinone from P. harmala seed. The 4 compounds were resolved in ethyl acetate-methanol-ammonia (7 + 1 + 0.3, v/v/v) mobile phase. The method was validated for precision, repeatability, and accuracy. Instrumental precision was 0.27, 1.53, 0.39, and 1.15% [relative standard deviation (RSD)] and repeatability of the method was 1.01, 0.79, 0.13, and 1.62% RSD for harmine, harmaline, vasicine, and vasicinone, respectively. Accuracy of the method was checked by a recovery study conducted at 3 different levels, and the average recovery was 97.88% for harmine, 97.69% for harmaline, 98.38% for vasicine, and 98.28% for vasicinone. The 4 compounds were quantified in P. harmala seed using the method, and it was found to contain 0.44, 0.096, 0.25, and 0.0007% (w/w) of each, respectively. The proposed HPTLC densitometric method for the quantification of the 4 compounds was found to be simple, precise, specific, sensitive, and accurate. It can be used for routine quality control of P. harmala seed and has the ability to quantify the 4 marker compounds in the formulations containing P. harmala. It also can be used to quantify any of these marker compounds in other herbal drugs.     

High-performance thin-layer chromatography with densitometry for the determination of ciprofloxacin and impurities in drugs

A thin-layer chromatographic (TLC)-densitometric method has been developed for identification and quantification of ciprofloxacin (Rf = 0.61) and an ethylenediamine compound (Rf = 0.42), a desfluoro compound (Rf = 0.48), by-compound A (Rf = 0.53), and fluoroquinolonic acid (Rf = 0.68) as ciprofloxacin degradation products in pharmaceutical preparations. By using chloroform-methanol-25% ammonia (43 + 43 + 14, v/v/v) as the mobile phase and silica gel 60 F254 high-performance TLC plates as the stationary phase, it was possible to separate individual constituents that, when subjected to ultraviolet (UV) densitometric analysis at 330 nm for fluoroquinolonic acid and 277 nm for the other compounds, gave well developed peaks allowing easy qualitative and quantitative analyses. DMSO-methanol (1 + 1) was used to extract drug constituents. The method showed high sensitivity (limit of detection 10 to 44 ng), a wide linearity range (3 to 20 microg/mL), and good precision (2.32 to 6.46% relative standard deviation) and accuracy (percentage recoveries 98.62 to 101.52%) for individual constituents.     

High-performance liquid chromatographic method for analysis of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine in human body fluids

A paired-ion high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed to measure concentrations of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddI) in human plasma, urine and cerebrospinal fluid. Samples were prepared using a solid-phase extraction technique which allows for a five-fold concentration of the drug. 2'-Deoxyguanosine was added as an internal standard prior to the extraction. Recoveries for 2'-deoxyguanosine and ddI were 80 +/- 15 and 85 +/- 10%, respectively. Extracted samples were then injected onto a C18 column and eluted isocratically with a mobile phase containing 0.1% of the ion-pairing reagent, heptafluorobutyric acid, and 5% acetonitrile. The retention time was 7.4 min for 2'-deoxyguanosine and 8.4 min for ddI. The lower limit of detection for ddI is 0.1 microM. Using this technique the acid lability of ddI was demonstrated and the plasma concentration versus time profile from a patient receiving the drug was examined.     

Features of the kinetics of 4-nitroaniline and azoxybenzene hydrogenation in 2-propanol aqueous solutions

It is shown experimentally that the hydrogenation of 4-nitroaniline and azoxybenzene over a skeletal nickel catalyst in 2-propanol aqueous solutions proceeds selectively with the formation of the corresponding amines without the accumulation of side products in the bulk phase. It is concluded that during reduction, considerable participation of hydrogen bonded with active centers of a catalyst surface was observed. The competitive character of adsorption between the initial azoxybenzene and aniline formed as a result of reaction is established. It is ascertained that the character of changes in the rates of hydrogenation of nitro and azoxy groups is identical in the presence of additions of acid or base. It is demonstrated that a targeted change in the hydrogenation rates of these compounds is possible by introducing additions of acetic acid or sodium hydroxide into 2-propanol aqueous solution.     

A new method for the analysis of seized Ya-Ba tablets by densitometric thin-layer chromatography

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2-氯甲基-4-甲氧基-3,5-二甲基吡啶的合成方法改进

采用POCl3/CH2Cl2/Et3N体系作为选择性氯化试剂,以2,3,5-三甲基吡啶为起始原料,方便、高产率地合成了2-氯甲基-4-甲氧基-3,5-二甲基吡啶。其结构经1HNMR和IR确证。