ABSTRACT
Metformin HCl (MET) is a mostly used antidiabetic drug and several fixed-dose combinations are available in the market with other antidiabetic drugs for the treatment of insulin-independent diabetes. Numerous chromatographic methods have been reported for the estimation of multiple fixed dose combination (FDC) of MET but each FDC needs a separate and dedicated chromatographic method for analysis. No chromatographic method has been reported yet in the literature which promotes synchronous estimation of multiple FDCs of MET to minimize organic solvent consumption, time and cost of analysis. Hence, the multipurpose-high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) method was developed for the synchronous estimation of FDCs of MET by the implementation of an enhanced analytical quality by design approach. Principal component analysis was applied for the identification of critical method risk parameters. Box-Behnken design was applied for response surface analysis. The method operable design ranges was navigated and the control strategy was framed. The developed method was applied for the analysis of multiple FDCs of metformin. The developed method can synchronously analyze multiple FDCs of MET which required several chromatographic methods. Hence, the present method is multipurpose-HPTLC for the synchronous estimation of multiple FDCs of MET which required minimum organic solvent, time and cost of analysis.
