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PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS

A New HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Determination of Acetaminophen, Phenylephrine, Dextromethorphan and Chlorpheniramine in Pharmaceutical Formulations

Pages 965-976 | Received 05 Dec 2007, Accepted 05 Jan 2008, Published online: 05 Jun 2008
 

Abstract

Acetaminophen, phenylephrine, dextromethorphan, and chlorpheniramine are frequently associated in pharmaceutical formulations against the common cold. A new high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients in pharmaceutical formulations. The separation and quantitation were achieved on a 25 cm underivatized silica column using a mobile phase of methanol: water (containing 6.0 g of ammonium acetate and 10 ml of triethylamine per liter, pH adjusted to 5.0 with orthophosphoric acid), 95:5%(v/v). Detection was carried out using a variable wavelength UV-vis detector at 254 nm for acetaminophen, at 220 nm for phenylephrine, and at 227 nm for dextromethorphan and chlorpheniramine. The method showed linearity for the acetaminophen, phenylephrine, dextromethorphan, and chlorpheniramine in the 162.5–650, 2.5–10, 7.5–30, and 1–4 µg/ml ranges, respectively. The intraday and interday RSDs ranged from 0.92 to 1.52%, 1.00 to 1.76%, 1.21 to 1.74% and 1.26 to 1.80% for the acetaminophen, phenylephrine, dextromethorphan, and chlorpheniramine, respectively. Compounds were eluted in a run time of less than 12 min.

This research work was supported by Bakhtar Bioshimi Pharmaceutical Co. Kermanshah, Iran. The author would like to thank Mr. Bahman Barazesh for his excellent and open collaboration.

Notes

a The resolution factor is calculated between each peak and its nearest preceding neighbor.

a Based on n = 3.

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