Analytical method development and validation for simultaneous estimation of Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine in synthetic mixture by HPLC for the treatment of hypertension stage-II

Background

A specific, accurate, precise, robust, and cost-effective HPLC method was developed and validated for quantitative analysis of Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine in fixed-dose combination. The isocratic elution was accomplished by Symmetry C18 column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 µm) at 25 °C. Mobile phase composition is Methanol: Acetonitrile: Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate buffer (pH 3) (60:05:35%v/v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min, injection volume 20 µL with DAD detection at 240 nm.

Result

Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine were eluted with retention time 2.65 min and 5.51 min respectively. This method was validated as per ICH guideline (Q2 R1). The calibration plots were over the concentration range of 15–90 μg/mL and 2.5–15 μg/mL for Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine with correlation coefficient 0.9992 and 0.9989 respectively. Accuracy was obtained between 99.51–101.65% and 100.06–101.20% for Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine respectively. LOD were found to be 0.97 μg/mL and 0.57 μg/mL and LOQ were found to be 2.95 μg/mL and 1.75 μg/mL for Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine respectively.

Conclusion

The results showed that the developed method is reliable for the routine analysis for simultaneous determination of Fimasartan Potassium Trihydrate and Cilnidipine.