DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A HPLC METHOD FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF BROMHEXINE, CHLORPHENIRAMINE, PARACETAMOL, AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE IN THEIR COMBINED COLD MEDICINE FORMULATIONS

Evaluation of in silico and in lab sample enrichment techniques for the assessment of challengeable quaternary combination in critical ratio

A comparative study of successive spectrophotometric resolution technique for the simultaneous determination of a challengeable quaternary mixture of Chlorpheniramine maleate (CPM), Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (PSE), Ibuprofen (IBU) and Caffeine (CAF) is presented, without preliminary physical separation steps. Several successive steps were applied on built-in spectrophotometer software utilizing zero and/or derivative and/or ratio spectra of the studied components. These methods, namely, Dual amplitude difference (DAD) as a novel method, Constant multiplication coupled with spectrum subtraction method (CM-SS), Factorized first derivative coupled with derivative transformation method (FD¹ -DT) and Derivative ratio method (DD¹). The calibration graphs are linear over the concentration range of 10.0-80.0 μg/mL,150.0-900.0 μg/mL, 200.0-1400.0 μg/mL and 3.0-30.0 μg/mL for CPM, PSE, IBU and CAF, respectively. The specificity of suggested methods was studied via laboratory prepared (diverse ratios) mixtures and were successfully applied for Antiflu® capsules' analysis. Moreover, sample enrichment via In Silico (via software of spectrophotometer) and In Lab (via spiking with pure sample) techniques was elected for a pharmaceutical dosage form analysis comprising CPM and PSE as minor components. Accuracy, precision and specificity were between the valid limits. Validation steps were done in accordance with the ICH guidelines. Moreover, statistical comparison was carried out between the obtained and reported results for pure powder form and no significant difference appeared.

A Green Liquid Chromatographic Method For The Simultaneous Determination of Chlorpheniramine Maleate, Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride and Propyphenazone

Background:

The concept of green analytical chemistry prevails due to the growing environmental pollution.

Objective:

Our attempts are to develop simple and eco-friendly method which is non-harmful to the environment by producing minimal waste. In this context, a green liquid chromatographic method was applied for the simultaneous determination of chlorpheniramine maleate, pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and propyphenazone in their combined dosage form.

Methods:

Separation was carried out using X select HSS RP C18 analytical column (250 × 4.6 mm, 5μm) using methanol - 0.02 M phosphate buffer pH 3 - triethylamine (60:40: 0.1, by volume) as a mobile phase. The separated peaks were detected at 215 nm at a flow rate 1.0 mL/min.

Results:

Quantification was done over the concentration ranges of 1-25 µg/mL for chlorpheniramine maleate, 5-35 µg/mL for pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 10-120 µg/mL for propyphenazone. The suggested method was validated with regard to linearity, accuracy and precision according to the International Conference on Harmonization guidelines with good results.

Conclusion:

It could be used as a safer alternative for routine analysis of the mentioned drugs in quality control laboratories.

Use of continuous wavelet transform approach for simultaneous quantitative determination of multicomponent mixture by UV-Vis spectrophotometry

In the present paper, a multicomponent analysis approach based on spectrophotometry method was developed for simultaneous determination of Guaifenesin (GU), Chlorpheniramine (CHL) and Pseudoephedrine (PSE) without any separation steps. The method under study is signal processing method based on Continuous Wavelet Transform (CWT) coupled with zero cross point technique. In this paper, CWT method was tested by synthetic ternary mixtures and was applied to the commercial cough syrup as a real sample and assessed by applying the standard addition technique. For demonstrate the accuracy of the results, other applications of signal processing, such as Derivative Transform (DT), Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression and Principal Components Regression (PCR) were used as comparative methods. Afterwards, the obtained results from analyzing the cough syrup by all methods were compared to the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) as a reference method. One-way analysis of variance test at 95% confidence level showed no significant differences between CWT and other applications.