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OBJECTIVE:To develop a method for determining the entrapment efficiency of tetracaine hydrochloride liposome.METHODS:The microcolumn centrifugation was adopted to separate the free tetracaine hydrochloride from liposomes;the content of tetracaine hydrochloride was determined by HPLC and the entrapment efficiency was computed.RESULTS:By microcolumn centrifugation,the liposomes and the free tetracaine hydrochloride were well-separated.The recovery rate of the blank liposomes was 90.4%～100.1%;the absorption rate of free tetracaine hydrochloride was 96.6%～99.2%;and the entrapment efficiencies of tetracaine liposomes stood at about 80%.CONCLUSION:This method established for determining the entrapment efficiency of tetracaine hydrochloride liposome is simple,rapid and reproducible.
