Simultaneous Determination of Maprotiline,Desipramine, and Moclobemide by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Statistical Optimization |
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Abstract: | Abstract A method for separation of three antidepressants, maprotiline, desipramine, and moclobemide, by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was developed and validated. To find optimal conditions and estimate the impact of individual parameters on the separation, a complete set of 23 interdependent relationships of the mobile phase composition, temperature, and the volume flow rate were examined. Full separation of the investigated components from a laboratory mixture was achieved on a Supelcosil LC-18 (120 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) column, using two solvent systems, 3% ammonium ion in water/ethanol and acetonitrile, and alternating isocratic gradient–isocratic elution modes. Relevance of the proposed method for therapeutic drug monitoring is anticipated. |
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Keywords: | Antidepressants desipramine maprotiline moclobemide pharmaceutical formulations RP-HPLC statistical optimization |
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