Separation and Quantification of Eight Antidiabetic Drugs on A High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: Its Application to Human Plasma Assay

Response surface optimization of a vortex-assisted dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction method for highly sensitive determination of repaglinide in environmental water by HPLC/UV

A vortex-assisted dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) method, mated to chemometrics and combined with HPLC/UV detection was optimized and validated for enrichment and determination of repaglinide in environmental samples using nateglinide as an internal standard (IS). A phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 2.5): acetonitrile (45:55, v/v) was used as a mobile phase with a flow rate of 1 mL/min in an isocratic elution mode. Chemometrics-assisted optimization was performed using a quadratic integrated d-optimal design. The developed model assessed the statistical significance of the independent variables and their interactions to attain the optimum conditions revealing that extractant type, extractant volume and pH are the most influential factors. Optimization of the extraction procedures was performed with the aid of Design Expert 8® software, which suggested 58 different experiments. The optimal conditions were 30 µL of 1-octanol as extractant, 100 µL of acetonitrile as a disperser at pH 8. Under the optimized conditions, the method showed linearity over the range of 1–100 ng/mL with a limit of detection of 0.4 ng/mL. The accuracy, the intra- and inter-day precision were assessed, the %recoveries were found to be between 98.48 and 100.81% with %RSD lower than 1.3. Using chemometrics in method optimization helped achieve the maximum possible enrichment with the least effort, time, and reagents while considering all possible interactions between variables.

Invitro and in-vivo evaluation of optimized sustain release nanoparticulate tablet of vildagliptin

The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic parameters of optimized nanoparticulate sustain release tablet of Vildagliptin prepared by using Anti-solvent method containing polymer HPMC K15M and Sodium Alginate in a ratio of 1:0.75. The optimized nanoparticulate tablet test formulation demonstrated favorable in-vitro drug release characteristics. The nanoparticulate formulation was orally administered to rat and blood samples were used to determine pharmacokinetic parameters, which were compared with pharmacokinetic parameters of the marketed tablet formulation. The relative bioavailability of Nanoparticulate tablet was found to be increased about 1.2 times in comparison to that of the marketed tablet. The results for invitro drug release and in vivo antidiabetic activity for 24 hours were also found very significant. As per results obtained from in vitro and in vivo studies, nanoparticulate tablet of Vildagliptin may prove to be a potential contender for secure and efficient sustained drug release over an absolute phase of time which can decrease dosing frequency.

Optimized Box-Behnken experimental design based response surface methodology and Youden's robustness test to develop and validate methods to determine nateglinide using kinetic spectrophotometry

Selective and straightforward kinetic spectrophotometric methods were developed to quantify nateglinide (NTG) in pharmaceutical dosage forms. Fixed time (ΔA) and the equilibrium methods utilized the reaction of NTG with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) with heating at 80 °C for 25 min to form a stable yellow-coloured Meisenheimer complex, which absorbs maximally at 421 nm. The optimization was achieved by utilizing the Box-Behnken experimental design (BBD) combined with response surface methodology (RSM). In which three significant factors were studied, namely, CDNB volume (A), heating temperature (B) and heating time (C) against the absorbance as a response. Method validation presented the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) parameters such as specificity, selectivity, linearity, precision, accuracy, limit of detection (LOD), limit of quantitation (LOQ), robustness and solution stability. The LOD and LOQ values were 0.48, 1.46, and 0.21, 0.62 µg/ml, respectively, for a fixed time (ΔA) and equilibrium methods with the linear dynamic range of 1-15 µg/ml. Furthermore, Youden's robustness test using factorial combinations of the selected analytical parameters was performed and investigated its influence with alternative conditions. All results were reproducible and quickly adopted for routine analysis of NTG in pharmaceutical formulations and laboratory preparations.

Rapid Analysis of Glibenclamide Using an Environmentally Benign Stability-Indicating RP-HPLC Method

An environmentally benign RP-HPLC approach for rapid analysis of glibenclamide in pure form, developed nanoemulsion and commercial tablets was developed and validated in present investigation. The green chromatographic identification was performed on Lichrosphere 250 X 4.0 mm RP C8 column having a 5 μm packing as a stationary phase using a combination of ethanol: methanol (50:50 % v/v) as a mobile phase, at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min with UV detection at 245 nm. The proposed method was validated for linearity, selectivity, accuracy, precision, robustness, sensitivity and specificity as per international conference on harmonization (ICH) guidelines. The utility of proposed method was verified by assay of glibenclamide in developed nanoemulsion and commercial tablets. The proposed method was found to be satisfactory in terms of selectivity, precision, accuracy, robustness, sensitivity and specificity. The content of glibenclamide in developed nanoemulsion and commercial tablets was found to be 100.50 % and 99.15 % respectively. The proposed method successfully resoled glibenclamide peak in the presence of its all type of degradation products which indicated stability-indicating property of the proposed method. These results indicated that the green chromatographic method could be successfully employed for routine analysis of glibenclamide in pure drug and various commercial formulations.

Quality by Design Approach for the Development and Validation of Glipizide, an Antidiabetic Drug, by RP-UPLC with Application to Formulated Forms and Urine

Quality by design (QbD) refers to the achievement of certain predictable quality with desired and predetermined specifications. The objective of this study was to develop and demonstrate an integrated multivariate approach to develop and quantify the constituent concentrations of glipizide (GPZ) drug in its pure and tablet forms. The method was developed using Zorbax Extend C-18 (50 mm × 4.6 mm × 1.8 μm) column with mobile phase consisting of a mixture of phosphate buffer of pH 3.5 and acetonitrile (60 : 40 v/v). The method fulfilled validation criteria and was shown to be sensitive, with limits of detection (LOD) and quantitation (LOQ) of 0.001 and 0.005 μg mL−1, respectively. The percentage relative standard deviations for robustness and ruggedness were observed within the range of 0.1 and 0.99. The calibration graph was linear in the range of 0.005–300 μg mL−1. The applicability of the method was shown by the analysis of formulated drug and spiked urine samples. The proposed method can be used for routine analysis in quality control laboratories for its bulk and formulated product, and this is the first UPLC method reported for the assay of GPZ in bulk, formulated form and urine.