Determination of phenolic antioxidants in pharmaceutical formulations by liquid chromatography and migration study on HDPE packagings

Summary The performance of UV diode-array, spectrometric and electrochemical detectors was compared in the chromatographic analysis of trace amounts of six phenolic antioxidants. Quantitative validation was undertaken; the linearity range was wider using UV detection although the limits of detection were lower with electrochemical detection. UV detection was applied both to identification of an antioxidant in a hydrophilic suspension and to a migration study.