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OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study is to develop a simple and precise HPLC method for simultaneous determination of thiocolchicoside, aceclofenac and related impurities in a tablet formulation and validate as per ICH guidelines. The aim of study extends to perform forced degradation study to trace the degradation pathways of potential degradant impurities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The separation was achieved on a 4.6 mm × 100 mm, 3 µm C18 column at 40°C with the mobile phase containing 0.1 M ammonium acetate buffer and methanol in a gradient mode at a flow rate of 1.0 mL min(-1). The UV detection was carried out at 257 nm. RESULTS: Acelofenac, thiocolchicoside and their related compounds were well separated from each other with good resolution and symmetry factor without interference of excipients. The method for assay was linear in the range of 10-200 µg mL(-1) for aceclofenac and 0.4 to 8 µg mL(-1) for thiocolchicoside. CONCLUSION: The method was validated according to ICH guidelines and the acceptance criteria for accuracy, precision, linearity, specificity, robustness, ruggedness and system suitability were met in all cases. The method was highly specific, as two related compounds of thiocolchicoside and nine related compounds of aceclofenac were well separated from each other. Stress study ensured the specificity of the method as the unknown degradation products formed during stress studies did not interfere with the determination of thiocolchicoside and aceclofenac, thus proving the stability indicating capacity of the method.
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A simple, precise and stability-indicating HPLC method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide in pharmaceutical dosage form. The method involves the use of easily available inexpensive laboratory reagents. The separation was achieved on an Inertsil ODS 3V (25cmx4.6mm) 5microm column with isocratic flow. The mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.0mLmin(-1), consisted of 0.1M potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer and acetonitrile (70:30, v/v). The UV detection was carried out at 228nm. A linear response was observed over the concentration range 2.5-50microgmL(-1) of bisoprolol fumarate and the concentration range 6.25-125microgmL(-1) of hydrochlorothiazide. Limit of detection and limit of quantitation for bisoprolol fumarate were 0.01 and 0.03microgmL(-1), respectively and for hydrochlorothiazide were 0.01 and 0.05microgmL(-1), respectively. The method was successfully validated in accordance to ICH guidelines acceptance criteria for specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, robustness, ruggedness and system suitability. Individual drugs (bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide), their combinations and the tablets were exposed to thermal, photolytic, hydrolytic and oxidative stress conditions. The resultant stressed samples were analyzed by the proposed method. The method gave high resolution among the degradation products and the analytes. The peak purity of analyte peaks in the stressed samples was confirmed by photodiode array detector. The method was used for accelerated stability study on marketed and in-house formulations. The analysis concluded that the method was selective for simultaneous estimation of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide and was stability-indicating.
