Abstract

Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of metoprolol and aspirin in fixed dose combinations

Author(s): Boyka G. Tsvetkova, Ivanka P. Pencheva, Plamen T. Peikov

In this study, reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method have been developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of metoprolol and aspirin in combined pharmaceutical formulation. The chromatographic separation was achieved in a Phenomenex-Luna, C18 (250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d., 5 μm) as a stationary phase and phosphate buffer (pH adjudted to 4.6 with ortho-phosphoric acid):methanol (20:80 v/v) as eluent, at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min. UV detection was performed at 230 nm. The retention time of metoprolol and aspirin was found to be 3.06 and 6.97 min, respectively. The results of analysis were validated statistically and by recovery studies. Linearity, accuracy and precision were acceptable in the ranges (20-100 μg/ml) for aspirin and (10-50 μg/ml) for metoprolol. The calibration curves were linear (R2 > 0.9999) in the range of each analyte. The % recovery for metoprolol and aspirin is 99.17 and 99.75, respectively. No chromatographic interference from the tablet excipients was found. The results of the studies showed that the proposed RP-HPLC method is simple, rapid, precise and accurate, which can be used for the routine determination of metoprolol and aspirin in bulk and its pharmaceutical dosage forms.

PDF

30+ Million Readerbase

Google Scholar citation report

Citations : 25868

Der Pharma Chemica received 25868 citations as per Google Scholar report

Der Pharma Chemica peer review process verified at publons