title: Determination and degradation study of haloperidol by high performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: A specific, high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed for the assay of haloperidol, together with an adequate separation of its degradation products. The method is based on the use of an octadecylsilane stationary phase column under isocratic conditions. The mobile phase consisted of 50 mM sodium phosphate monobasic pH 2.5-acetonitrile-THF-TEA (63:34:3:0.1, v/v/v/v) adjusted with o-phosphoric acid to a pH of 2.5. The degradation was performed in hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide. The main degradation products were identified. Application of the assay of haloperidol in tablet formulations is presented.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire National de Contrôle des Médicaments, 11 bis, rue jebel Lakhdar, Bab Saadoun 1006, Tunis, Tunisia. trhassen@rns.tn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouabdallah
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouzouita
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Safta
mesh_terms: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013607:Tablets
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D013607:Tablets; D006220:Haloperidol