Assay of tolnaftate and related impurities by isocratic supercritical fluid chromatography

Tolnaftate, an antifungal drug (TF) and related impurities arising from synthesis, viz., N-methyl-m-toluidine (NMmT) and beta-naphthol-1-chlorothio carbamate (beta-NCTC) can be determined by supercritical fluid chromatography. Even though it was possible to elute TF completely with neat SCF CO2, the peaks of the impurities were found to merge. The chromatographic figures of merit of the three analytes such as retention time (tR), capacity factor (k), selectivity factor (alpha), no. of theoretical plates (N), were optimized. The three compounds can be resolved in 5 min on a Hypersil (250 x 4.0 mm) 5 mu, C18 column with supercritical carbon dioxide, modified with 1.96% methanol as the mobile phase at 9.81 MPa and at 40 degrees C. Detection was carried out at 220 nm. The data as evaluated by the linear regression least squares fit method gave linearity ranges from 0.2 to 10.0 microg/mL for TF and NMmT and 0.3 to 10.0 microg/mL for beta-NCTC with correlation coefficients > 0.99. The method was successfully employed to estimate levels of 0.01% for NMmT and 0.02% for beta-NCTC with respect to TF.     

Performance comparison between packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and HPLC using cyclandelate as the model analyte

A reproducible and fast method has been developed for the assay of cyclandelate in bulk and drug forms using packed column supercritical fluid chromatography using dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) as internal standard. The drug and the internal standard were resolved by elution with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide doped with 14.29% (v/v) methanol on an RP-C₁₈ column and detected spectrophotometrically at 228 nm. Chromatographic figures of merit using C₈, C₁₈, cyano and phenyl columns have been assessed. Parallel experiments have been performed by HPLC and the data have been compared. Supercritical fluid extraction using CO₂ modified with a small amount of methanol was found to give quantitative analytical recoveries of cyclandelate from a dosage form. SFC has been shown to be a viable, faster alternative technique to HPLC generating less disposable waste.     

Assay of tolnaftate and related impurities by isocratic supercritical fluid chromatography

Tolnaftate, an antifungal drug (TF) and related impurities arising from synthesis, viz., N-methyl-m-toluidine (NMmT) and β-naphthol-1-chlorothio carbamate (β-NCTC) can be determined by supercritical fluid chromatography. Even though it was possible to elute TF completely with neat SCF CO₂, the peaks of the impurities were found to merge. The chromatographic figures of merit of the three analytes such as retention time (t_R), capacity factor (k^|), selectivity factor (α), no. of theoretical plates (N), were optimized. The three compounds can be resolved in 5 min on a Hypersil (250 × 4.0 mm) 5 μ, C₁₈ column with supercritical carbon dioxide, modified with 1.96% methanol as the mobile phase at 9.81 MPa and at 40?°C. Detection was carried out at 220 nm. The data as evaluated by the linear regression least squares fit method gave linearity ranges from 0.2 to 10.0 μg/mL for TF and NMmT and 0.3 to 10.0 μg/mL for β-NCTC with correlation coefficients > 0.99. The method was successfully employed to estimate levels of 0.01% for NMmT and 0.02% for β-NCTC with respect to TF.     

Performance comparison between packed column supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and HPLC using cyclandelate as the model analyte

A reproducible and fast method has been developed for the assay of cyclandelate in bulk and drug forms using packed column supercritical fluid chromatography using dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) as internal standard. The drug and the internal standard were resolved by elution with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide doped with 14.29% (v/v) methanol on an RP-C₁₈ column and detected spectrophotometrically at 228 nm. Chromatographic figures of merit using C₈, C₁₈, cyano and phenyl columns have been assessed. Parallel experiments have been performed by HPLC and the data have been compared. Supercritical fluid extraction using CO₂ modified with a small amount of methanol was found to give quantitative analytical recoveries of cyclandelate from a dosage form. SFC has been shown to be a viable, faster alternative technique to HPLC generating less disposable waste. Received: 20 June 1997 / Revised: 20 October 1997 / Accepted: 26 October 1997     

Packed column supercritical fluid chromatographic separation and estimation of acetaminophen, diclofenac sodium and methocarbamol in pharmaceutical dosage forms

A reproducible and fast method has been developed for the assay of acetaminophen, methocarbamol, and diclofenac sodium in bulk and drug forms using packed column supercritical fluid chromatography employing internal standard method. The analytes were resolved by elution with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide doped with 11.1% (v/v) methanol on a Shendon-Phenyl (250x4.6 mm) 5 mum column with detection monitored spectrophotometrically at 225 nm. The densities and polarities of the mobile phase were optimised from the effects of pressure, temperature and modifier concentration on chromatograhic figures like retention time (t(R), min), retention factor (k(')) etc. Modifier concentration proved to be the most effective means for changing both retention and selectivity. Calibration data and recovery of the drug from spiked concentrations were determined to assess the viability of the method. The supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) method was directly compared to an HPLC assay, developed in the laboratory, of the same analytes. With respect to speed and use of organic solvents SFC was found to be superior, while in all other aspects the results were similar to HPLC. The method has been successfully used for the assay of two formulations containing a combination of (A) acetaminophen and methocarbamol and (B) acetaminophen and diclofenac sodium. There was no interference from excipients. The present work validates the recent proposition that supercritical fluid chromatography using CO(2) and modifiers is a viable, faster alternative to reverse phase HPLC.     

Simultaneous determination of diclofenac potassium and drotaverine hydrochloride in human plasma using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

A simple high-performance liquid chromatographic method with ultraviolet detection is proposed for the estimation of diclofenac potassium and drotaverine hydrochloride in human plasma. Liquid-liquid extraction was carried out with a mixture of dichloromethane-isopropyl alcohol (80:20, v/v). Chromatographic separation of the analytes and internal standard was achieved on an analytical 250 × 4.6 mm i.d. reversed-phase Thermo BDS Hypersil C8 (5 μm particle size) column using a mobile phase of acetonitrile-0.02M ammonium acetate buffer (53:47, v/v) at pH 3.5. The run time was less than 15 min. Column eluate was monitored at 230 nm. The linearity over the concentration ranges of 25-1500 ng/mL and 32-960 ng/mL was obtained for diclofenac potassium and drotaverine hydrochloride, respectively. The limit of quantification was 25 and 32 ng/mL for diclofenac potassium and drotaverine hydrochloride, respectively. Recoveries of diclofenac potassium and drotaverine hydrochloride from plasma were 97.45% and 98.27%, respectively.     

RP-LC Simultaneous Determination of Nebivolol Hydrochloride and Amlodipine Besilate in Bi-Layer Tablets

A simple and rapid LC method was developed and validated for simultaneous estimation of nebivolol and amlodipine in a bi-layer tablet formulation. Efficient chromatographic separation was achieved on (USP L10) Hypersil BDS cyano, 5 μm, 250 mm × 4.6 mm column with simple mobile phase composition delivered in isocratic mode. The method had requisite accuracy, selectivity, sensitivity, robustness and precision to assay nebivolol and amlodipine in pharmaceutical dosage form. Degradation products resulting from the stress studies did not interfere with the detection of nebivolol and amlodipine, these peaks remained pure and thus proved to be stability indicating. The mass balance of the stressed sample was in the range 99.0–100.2% for amlodipine and 99.3–100.3% for nebivolol.     

Output Feedback Modular Adaptive Control of a Nonlinear Prototypical Wing Section

The paper presents nonlinear adaptive control systems for the control of limit cycle oscillations of a prototypical wing section with structural nonlinearities using only output feedback. The chosen model describes the plunge and pitch motion of a wing. The model includes plunge and pitch nonlinearities, and has a single control surface for the purpose of control. Using a canonical representation of the aeroelastic system, a modular output feedback adaptive control system consisting of an input-to-state stabilizing controller and a passive identifier (an observer and adaptation law) is derived. In the closed-loop system, asymptotic stabilization of the pitch and plunge motion is accomplished. Simulation results show that the control system is effective in regulating the state vector to the origin in spite of large parameter uncertainties.     

Relevance of sonochemistry or ultrasound (US) as a proficient means for the synthesis of fused heterocycles

Medicinal chemistry has been benefited by combinatorial chemistry and high throughput parallel synthesis. The use of sonochemistry under controlled conditions has been proved beneficial for medicinal chemistry and drug discovery process since it dramatically reduces reaction times, from days or hours to minutes. In addition, sonochemistry synthesis provides higher yields, lower cost, easy workups and greater purity as compared to lower yields, tedious workups, longer reaction times, lesser purity and termination of many by-products in the conventional thermal methods.