title: Development of two high-performance liquid chromatographic methods for the analysis and characterization of insulin and its degradation products in pharmaceutical preparations.
abstract: Two high-performance liquid chromatography methods either in reversed-phase or as size exclusion separation mode were developed and validated for the analysis of insulin and its degradation products in pharmaceutical preparations. The results show the reliability of the analytical methods for the intended used. The static and dynamic light scattering were used to characterize the insulin and its derivatives. The absolute molecular weight of human insulin monomer and dimer were 5800 and 12400 Da respectively whereas its z-average root mean square radius were 21.6+/-0.4 and 40.5+/-0.7 nm, respectively. In contrast, the hydrodynamic diameter varied between 2.69 and 5.50 nm, depending of the association behavior of insulin.
authors: Departamento Ingeniería Química y Tecnología Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. amoliva@ull.es
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Oliva
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Fariña
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Llabrés
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D007328:Insulin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations