Simultaneous Estimation of Apremilast and Betamethasone Dipropionate in Microsponge-Based Topical Formulation using a Stability Indicating RP-HPLC Method: A Quality-by-Design Approach

Author(s):  
Prashansha Mullick ◽  
Sadhana P Mutalik ◽  
Aswathi R Hegde ◽  
Abhijeet Pandey ◽  
P C Jagadish ◽  
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Abstract A stability-indicating reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed and validated for simultaneous quantification of apremilast (APL) and betamethasone dipropionate (BD) in bulk as well as drug loaded microsponges. Various mobile phase systems were screened to check the system suitability followed by force degradation analysis to determine APL and BD stability under varying stress conditions. A central composite design model was used to optimize the column temperature and flow rate using Design Expert® (9.0.1). One factor at a time approach with five independent factors were used to validate the robustness of the method. Finally, APL and BD were precisely and accurately quantified from drug loaded microsponges using the validated method. A favorable separation of APL and BD was obtained on a Phenomenex® Luna C18 column using a mixture of 50 mM phosphate buffer containing 0.1% triethylamine (pH 6.1) and acetonitrile (60:40%v/v) as mobile phase. Both the drugs were found to be stable when exposed to stressors such as heat-, light-, alkali-, acid- and peroxide-induced degradation. The calibration curves were found to be linear with appreciable limit of detection and limit of quantification. Recovery and percentage relative standard deviation of peak areas for APL and BD were found to be < 2.0% and 99–100% in bulk drug solution and <2.0% and 99–103% in microsponge formulation, respectively. Statistical analysis using analysis of variance indicated that the model was significant (P < 0.001). Hence, the developed method can be effectively used to quantify APL and BD, both in bulk as well as microsponge formulations.

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 927-934
Author(s):  
Kiran Kumar A ◽  
Balakrishnan M ◽  
Chandrasekhar K B ◽  
Kiran Jyothi R

The three most drug combinations for cough, cold are widely used worldwide now a day. The purpose of the study was to build up an innovative RP-UPLC technique for simultaneous estimation of Levosalbutamol Sulphate (LEV), Guaiphenesin (GUA) and Ambroxol Hydrochloride (AMB) in liquid dosage forms. Chromatography was carried out on UHPLC (WATERS)_SYMMETRY® C18 4.6mm x 1000mm, 3.5µm, (Agilent - Zorbax Eclipse Plus C18 – Rapid Resolution) with an isocratic mobile phase with pH 3.0 composed of buffer, methanol and Acetonitrile (60:20:20) with a flow rate of 0.8mL/min. The detection was carried out with column temperature at 25°C using a UV detector at 276nm. Validation parameters like linearity, specificity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), system suitability, Solutions stability and robustness were considered as affirmed in the ICH guidelines. Retention times for LEV, GUA & AMB were 1.07 min, 1.99 min & 3.55 min respectively. The assay of syrups with the relative standard deviation found to be less than 2%. The parameters values were found, and the method was found to be satisfactory. This validated UHPLC method is cost-effective, receptive and precise than other chromatographic methods.


Author(s):  
Swapna Goday ◽  
Abdul Rahaman Sk ◽  
Prameelarani A

Objective: The present study was aimed to develop a novel, simple, rapid, accurate, stability-indicating reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method, and validate for the simultaneous estimation of epalrestat and pregabalin in bulk and dosage form. Methods: The chromatographic separation was performed on c18 column discovery (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μ particle size) the optimized mobile phase consists of 0.01 m potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer: Methanol (25:75% v/v) with a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min and ultraviolet (UV) detection at 226 nm. Results: The chromatographic condition, retention time was 2.2 min (pregabalin), 2.8 min (epalrestat). Stress testing was performed in accordance with an International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) Q1A R2 guidelines. The method was validated as per ICH Q2 R1 guidelines. Linearity range was 30–180 ppm (epalrestat), 15–90 ppm (pregabalin), accuracy was in the range of 98.14–100.43% for both the drugs. Precision was 0.2% and 0.3% for epalrestat and pregabalin. Limit of detection and limit of quantification are 0.21 μg/ml and 0.65 μg/ml for epalrestat and 0.08 μg/ml and 0.25 μg/ml for pregabalin. Conclusion: The method developed is more sensitive, accurate, and precise than the methods reported earlier. Retention time and runtime were also less, and hence, the method is economical. When applied for tablet assay, drug content was within 100.06–100.22% of the labeled content. Forced degradation studies indicated the suitability of the method for stability studies. The proposed method can be used for routine determination of epalrestat and pregabalin.


Author(s):  
DEEPIKA SHARMA ◽  
KOMAL GUPTA ◽  
POOJA CHAWLA

Objective: The aim of the study is to develop and validate a high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of clotrimazole, miconazole nitrate, and tinidazole tablet dosage forms. Materials and Methods: A Waters C18 column (50 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) with mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile, methanol, and water 55:25:20 (v/v) (pH 2.5 adjusting with 0.5% orthophosphoric acid) was used. The flow rate was 1.0 ml/min, and effluents were monitored at 210 nm. Results: The retention time of miconazole nitrate, tinidazole, and clotrimazole tablets was found to be 2.9 min, 3.5 min, and 4.7 min, respectively. The method was validated according to the ICH guidelines for specificity, limit of detection, limit of quantification, precision, accuracy, linearity, ruggedness, and robustness. Conclusion: The method shows good reproducibility and recovery with % relative standard deviation <2. Hence, the proposed method was found to be simple, specific, precise, accurate, and linear. Hence, it can be applied for routine analysis of clotrimazole, miconazole nitrate, and tinidazole in pharmaceutical combined dosage forms.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1709-1717
Author(s):  
Haritha G ◽  
Vijey Aanandhi M ◽  
Shanmugasundaram P

This study explains about the Analytical Quality by Design approach for the optimization of a High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method for the simultaneous estimation of Metformin and Ertugliflozin in pharmaceutical substance. The study aimed to optimize the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) by means of an analytical target profile in order to achieve good separation of compounds along with acceptable analysis time. Identification of risk factors for variables affects the method efficacy. This leads to the development of an accurate, precise, and economic method. The optimized conditions of the developed method were a stationary phase of a Discovery C18 250 x 4.6mm, 5m and a mobile phase of Orthophosphoric acid buffer (pH 2.2),ACN taken in the ratio 60:40 was selected as mobile phase and detection wavelength of 230nm. The flow rate was selected as 0.98ml/min at 29.150C column temperature. Using the central composite design (CCD) method was optimized. The method is showing the linearity over the concentration range of 25-150µg/ml for Metformin and 0.375-2.25µg/ml for Ertugliflozin. The intra-and inter-day precision were less than 2% of relative standard deviation. Accuracies between  99-102% of the true values.The LOD obtained for Metformin and Ertugliflozin were found to be 59 and 3.7, respectively.  LOQ obtained for Metformin and Ertugliflozin were 77.6 and 5.2, respectively.Under accelerated conditionsdegradation percentage of the drug was found to be less than 10%, and the degradation product peak not affecting the system suitability of Metformin and Ertugliflozin.


Author(s):  
Shital Patel ◽  
Pasha Ty

Objective: The objective of this research was to develop a simple, precise, accurate, and stability-indicating reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method for estimation of azelastine hydrochloride (AZL) in nasal spray preparation.Methods: Chromatography was performed on a 250 mm×4.6 mm, 5-μm particle size, Waters Spherisorb CN column using (50:50 v/v) mixture of potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer and acetonitrile as mobile phase. The detection was carried out at 290 nm and flow rate employed was 1.0 ml/min. The degradation of AZL was studied under different ICH recommended stress conditions.Results: The retention time was 4.34 min for AZL. Linearity was established in the concentration range of 5–120 μg/ml, with a correlation coefficient of 0.9996. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) were found to be 0.81 μg/ml and 2.44 μg/ml, respectively. Percentage recovery was found between 99 and 102%. The values of percentage relative standard deviation (<2%) proved the high precision of the proposed method. The method was found to be robust regarding any small variation in the column temperature, pH of mobile phase, and mobile phase ratio. AZL was found stable in 5 M HCl at 80°C for 5 h, 5 M NaOH at 80°C for 5 h, 30% H2O2 at 80°C for 5 h, and in oven at 70°C for 8 h.Conclusion: The results obtained in this research work clearly proved that the proposed HPLC method for the assay of AZL in nasal spray preparation is simple, precise, specific, accurate, and stability indicating. It indicates that the method is suitable for analysis of AZL in the raw material and the pharmaceutical product without interference from excipients.


Author(s):  
Mangamma Kuna ◽  
Gowri Sankar Dannana

Objective: The objective of the study was to develop and validate a sensitive, precise, and accurate stability indicating reverse-phase (RP) high-performance liquid chromatography method for the quantification of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir simultaneously.Methods: The determination of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir in their mixtures was done using a mobile phase consisted of 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 3.5) and methanol (70:30, v/v). The method is based on the simultaneous separation of studied drugs in a RP Inertsil ODS C18 (4.6 mm×100 mm, 5 μm) column at ambient temperature. Detection and quantitation were achieved with photodiode array detector set at 260 nm.Results: Saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir showed linearity over a concentration range of 40–200 μg/ml (R2-0.9994), 20–100 μg/ml (R2-0.9992), and 30–150 μg/ml (R2-0.9990), respectively. The limit of quantification was 0.64 μg/ml, 0.57 μg/ml, and 0.53 μg/ml for saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir, respectively. The accuracies for the three drugs were in the range of 99.40–100.53% (saquinavir), 99.45-100.47% (ritonavir), and 100.03–100.53% (amprenavir). The percentage relative standard deviations for the studied drugs were 0.785–0.848% (saquinavir), 0.338–0.499% (ritonavir), and 0.336–0.775% (amprenavir). No peaks were observed at the retention time of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir in placebo blank, mobile phase blank and stress degraded samples which suggested that the proposed was selective and specific.Conclusion: The method was found to be suitable for the regular analysis of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir simultaneously in the presence of their stress degradation products.Objective: The objective of the study was to develop and validate a sensitive, precise, and accurate stability indicating reverse-phase (RP) high-performance liquid chromatography method for the quantification of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir simultaneously. Methods: The determination of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir in their mixtures was done using a mobile phase consisted of 0.1M phosphate buffer (pH 3.5) and methanol (70:30, v/v). The method is based on the simultaneous separation of studied drugs in a RP Inertsil ODS C18 (4.6 mm×100 mm, 5 μm) column at ambient temperature. Detection and quantitation were achieved with photodiode array detector set at 260 nm. Results: Saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir showed linearity over a concentration range of 40–200 μg/ml (R2-0.9994), 20–100 μg/ml (R2-0.9992), and 30–150 μg/ml (R2-0.9990), respectively. The limit of quantification was 0.64 μg/ml, 0.57 μg/ml, and 0.53 μg/ml for saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir, respectively. The accuracies for the three drugs were in the range of 99.40–100.53% (saquinavir), 99.45-100.47% (ritonavir), and 100.03–100.53% (amprenavir). The percentage relative standard deviations for the studied drugs were 0.785–0.848% (saquinavir), 0.338–0.499% (ritonavir), and 0.336–0.775% (amprenavir). No peaks were observed at the retention time of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir in placebo blank, mobile phase blank and stress degraded samples which suggested that the proposed was selective and specific. Conclusion: The method was found to be suitable for the regular analysis of saquinavir, ritonavir, and amprenavir simultaneously in the presence of their stress degradation products.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 962-973
Author(s):  
Saira Arif ◽  
Sadia Ata

AbstractA rapid and specific method was developed for simultaneous quantification of hydrocortisone 21 acetate (HCA), dexamethasone (DEX), and fluocinolone acetonide (FCA) in whitening cream formulations using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. The effect of the composition of the mobile phase, analysis temperature, and detection wavelength was investigated to optimize the separation of studied components. The analytes were finally well separated using ACE Excel 2, C18 AR column having 150 mm length, 3 mm internal diameter, and 2 µm particle size at 35°C using methanol with 1% formic acid and double-distilled deionized water in the ratio of 60:40 (v/v), respectively, as the mobile phase in isocratic mode. Ten microliters of sample were injected with a flow rate of 0.5 mL/min. The specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, recovery, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantification (LOQ), and robustness were determined to validate the method as per International Conference on Harmonization guidelines. All the analytes were simultaneously separated within 8 min, and observed retention times of HCA, DEX, and FCA were 4.5, 5.5, and 6.9 min, respectively. The proposed method showed good linearity with the correlation coefficient, R2 = 0.999 over the range of 1–150 µg/mL for all standards. The linear regression equations were y = 12.7x + 118.7 (r = 0.999) for HCA, y = 12.9x + 106.8 (r = 0.999) for DEX, and y = 12.9x + 96.8 (r = 0.999) for FCA. The LOD was 0.25, 0.20, and 0.08 µg/mL for HCA, FCA, and DEX and LOQ was 2.06, 1.83, and 1.55 µg/mL for HCA, FCA, and DEX, respectively. The recovery values of HCA, DEX, and FCA ranged from 100.7–101.3, 102.0–102.6, and 100.2–102.0%, respectively, and the relative standard deviation for precision (intra- and interday) was less than 2, which indicated repeatability and reproducibility. The novelty of the method was described by forced degradation experimentation of all analytes in the combined form under acidic, basic, oxidative, and thermal stress. The proposed method was found to be simple, rapid, and reliable for the simultaneous determination of HCA, DEX, and FCA in cosmetics.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 781-789
Author(s):  
Sriram Valavala ◽  
Nareshvarma Seelam ◽  
Subbaiah Tondepu ◽  
Suresh Kandagatla

The present study aims to develop a simple, accurate and specific stability-indicating RP-HPLC technique for the analysis of metoclopramide in the presence of its stress degradation products and characterization of degradation compounds by LC-MS/MS analysis. As per ICH Q1A-R2 guidelines, the drug was exposed to acid hydrolytic stress condition. Three degradation products were formed for MCP in acid hydrolysis. The liquid chromatography was processed on a Luna C18-(2) 100A,250×4.6mm 5micron column using an isocratic mobile phase consisting of 0.1% formic acid in water-acetonitrile (20:80, v/v) by adjusting the mobile phase at 1 ml/min flow rate with wavelength detection at 273 nm. The developed procedure was applied to LC-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry) for the characterization of all the degradant components. Total new three degradation compounds were recognized and identified by LC-MS/MS. The developed RP-HPLC technique was validated as per the ICH Q2-R1 guidelines. Limit of detection and limit of quantification values of MCP were evaluated from the linearity graph and were found to be 5.23 µg/ml and 17.44 µg/ml. Accuracy study was established at 80.0, 100.0 and 120.0 µg/ml concentration levels and the findings were found in the range of 98.4% - 101.8%. The linearity of the technique was assessed over the drug concentration range of 50.0 µg/ml to 250.0 µg/ml and the regression equation, slope and correlation coefficient values were found to be y = 10618x + 1623.2, 10618 and 0.9996 respectively. The developed technique was uninterruptedly applied for the quantification of metoclopramide inactive pharmaceuticals.


2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (11) ◽  
pp. 2723-2728
Author(s):  
Surya Prakash Mamillapalli ◽  
Gourabattina Lakshmi Prasanna ◽  
B. Venkata Subbaiah ◽  
N. Annapurna

Stability indicating reversed phase-HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of mometasone furoate (MAF) and formoterol fumarate (FFD) in metered dose inhalation aerosol (MDI) dosage formulation has been developed and discussed in the present work. The chromatographic separation was achieved using Hypersil ODS column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 3 μm) using an isocratic separation mode at a flow rate of 1.2 mL/min, column temperature of 50 ºC. The system operates with a mobile phase comprising of solution-A (buffer): Solution-B (acetonitrile) mixed in the ratio of 70:30 %v/v at a UV detection wavelength of 214 nm. Retention times of mometasone furoate and formoterol fumarate found to be about 3 min and 7 min, respectively. All possible degradation products of both compounds were monitored at 214 nm and spectral purity along with % mass balance is assessed using PDA detector. Both analyte were subjected to force degradation studies, found all degradants were resolved from analyte peaks and also other process-related impurities. The proposed method is validated for specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision and robustness as per ICH guidelines and found to be adequate. Method stood to be robust with variation in column temperature, flow rate, pH of buffer and organic content in mobile phase.


INDIAN DRUGS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (07) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Vinita C. Patole ◽  
Shilpa P. Chaudhari ◽  

An attempt was made to develop a simple, selective, rapid and precise high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method for simultaneous estimation of thymol and eugenol. Analysis was performed on a C18 column with the mobile phase consisting of solvent %A (water) and solvent %B (acetonitrile) with the following gradient: 0–1 min, 80 % A, 20 % B; 1–7 min, 40 % A and 60 % B; 7–12 min, 10 % A and 90 % B; and 12–15min, 80 % A and 20 % B at a flow rate of 0.6 mL/min. The compounds were well separated on a Thermo Scientific Hypersil BDS RP C18 column (4.6 mm × 150 mm, dp = 5 µm) and ultraviolet detection at 280 nm. The retention times of eugenol and thymol were 10.5 min and 11.6 min, respectively. Validation of the proposed method was carried out according to the guidelines of the International Council on Harmonization (ICH). The linearity of the method is good for thymol and eugenol over the concentration range of 1–50 ppm, and the r 2 values were 0.9996 for both thymol and eugenol. The calculated limit of detection (LOD) value was 0.5ppm and the limit of quantification (LOQ) value was 1ppm for both the analytes. The intra and interday relative standard deviation (RSD) of the retention time and peak areas was less than 3 %.The established method was appropriate, and the two markers were well resolved, enabling efficient quantitative analysis of thymol and eugenol.


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