Multivariate optimization and validation of a capillary electrophoresis method for the simultaneous determination of dextromethorphan hydrobromur, phenylephrine hydrochloride, paracetamol and chlorpheniramine maleate in a pharmaceutical preparation using response surface methodology.

A fast, accurate, precise and sensitive capillary electrophoresis method for the simultaneous determination of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, phenylephrine hydrochloride, paracetamol and chlorpheniramine maleate has been developed. Response surface methodology with a central composite design was used for optimization of the concentration of the buffer, pH of the buffer and applied voltage. Therefore, working with Na(2)HPO(4) buffer (pH 8.00, 0.01 M) at 20 kV as an applied voltage in the capillary electrophoresis method were found to be suitable; under these optimal conditions, these four active ingredients were separated in about 7 min. This developed method was validated and successfully applied to a pharmaceutical preparation, sugar-coated tablet, and the results were compared with a high-performance liquid chromatographic method developed by us.

Evaluation of two approaches to characterise liquid chromatographic columns using pharmaceutical separations.

In this paper a comparison of two column characterisation systems is reported: the method based on the hydrophobic-subtraction model of Dolan and Snyder (HS method) versus the method developed at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL method). Comparison was done for seven different pharmaceutical separations (fluoxetine, gemcitabine, erythromycin, tetracycline, tetracaine, amlodipine and bisacodyl), using a set of 59 columns. A ranking was built based on an F value (KUL) or F(s) value (HS) versus a (virtual) reference column. Both methods showed similar probabilities of ranking patterns. Correlation of the respective test parameters of both approaches was poor. Both methods are not perfect and do not match well, but anyhow yield results which allow, with a relatively high certainty, the selection of similar or dissimilar columns as compared to a reference column. An analyst that uses either of the two methods will end up with a similar probability to choose an adequate column. From a practical point of view, it must be noted that the KUL method is easier to use.

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and ibuprofen in a pharmaceutical preparation using ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry and multivariate calibration techniques.

Spectrophotometric methods are described for the simultaneous determination of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and ibuprofen in their combination. The obtained data were evaluated by using five different methods. In the first method, ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry, analytical signals were measured at the wavelengths corresponding to either maximums and minimums for both drugs in the first derivative spectra of the ratio spectra obtained by using each other spectra as divisor in their solution in 0.1 M HCl. In the other four spectrophotometric methods using chemometric techniques, classical least-squares, inverse least-squares, principal component regression and partial least-squares (PLS), the concentration data matrix were prepared by using the synthetic mixtures containing these drugs in methanol:0.1 M HCl (3:1). The absorbance data matrix corresponding to the concentration data matrix was obtained by the measurements of absorbances in the range 240-285 nm in the intervals with deltalambda = 2.5 nm at 18 wavelengths in their zero-order spectra, then, calibration or regression was obtained by using the absorbance data matrix and concentration data matrix for the prediction of the unknown concentrations of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and ibuprofen in their mixture. The procedures did not require any separation step. The linear range was found to be 300-1300 microg/ml for ibuprofen and 100-1300 microg/ml for pseudoephedrine hydrochloride in all five methods. The accuracy and the precision of the methods have been determined and they have been validated by analyzing synthetic mixtures. The five methods were successfully applied to tablets and the results were compared with each other.

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of cyproterone acetate and estradiol valerate in pharmaceutical preparations by ratio spectra derivative and chemometric methods.

Ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry and two chemometric methods (classical least squares, CLS and inverse least squares, ILS, were proposed for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of a binary mixture consists of cyproterone acetate (CA) and estradiol valerate (EV) in the commercial pharmaceutical preparations. In the ratio spectra derivative method, linear regression equations for both drugs were obtained by measuring the analytical signals at the wavelenghts corresponding to either maximums and minimums in the first derivative spectra of the ratio spectra. In the chemometric techniques, the concentration matrix was prepared by using the synthetic mixtures containing these drugs. The absorbance matrix corresponding to the concentration matrix was obtained by measuring the absorbances at 14 wavelengths in the range 220-290 nm for the zero-order spectra. Two chemometric calibrations were constructed by using the absorbance matrix and concentration matrix for the prediction of the unknown concentrations of CA and EV in their mixture. The numerical values were calculated by using 'MAPLE V' software. The accuracy and the precision of the methods have been determined and they have been validated by analyzing synthetic mixtures containing these two drugs. The proposed methods were successfully applied to a pharmaceutical formulation, sugar-coated tablet, and the results were compared with each other.

Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of chlorphenoxamine hydrochloride and caffeine in a pharmaceutical preparation using first derivative of the ratio spectra and chemometric methods.

Three new methods are described for the simultaneous determination of chlorphenoxamine hydrochloride (CP) and caffeine (CAF) in their combination. In the first method, ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry, analytical signals were measured at the wavelengths corresponding to either maxima and minima for both drugs in the first derivative spectra of the ratio spectra obtained by using each other spectra as divisor in their solution in 0.1 M HCl. In the other two methods, chemometric techniques, classical least-squares (CLS) and inverse least-squares (ILS), the concentration data matrix were prepared by using the synthetic mixtures containing these drugs in 0.1 M HCl. The absorbance data matrix corresponding to the concentration data matrix was obtained by the measurements of absorbances in the range 225-285 nm in the intervals with Deltalambda = 5 nm at 13 wavelengths in their zero-order spectra, then, calibration or regression was obtained by using the absorbance data matrix and concentration data matrix for the prediction of the unknown concentrations of CP and CAF in their mixture. The numerical values were calculated by using MAPLE V software in chemometric methods. The procedures do not require any separation step. The accuracy and the precision of the methods have been determined and they have been validated by analyzing synthetic mixtures containing title drugs. These three methods were successfully applied to a pharmaceutical formulation, sugar-coated tablet, and the results were compared with each other.