title: Chromatographic determination of itopride hydrochloride in the presence of its degradation products.
abstract: Two sensitive and reproducible methods are described for the quantitative determination of itopride hydrochloride (IH) in the presence of its degradation products. The first method is based on HPLC separation on a reversed phase Kromasil column [C18 (5-microm, 25 cm x 4.6 mm, ID)] at ambient temperature using a mobile phase consisting of methanol and water (70:30, v/v) adjusted to pH 4.0 with orthophosphoric acid with UV detection at 258 nm. The flow rate was 1.0 mL per min with an average operating pressure of 180 kg/cm2. The second method is based on HPTLC separation on silica gel 60 F254 using toluene:methanol:chloroform:10% ammonia (5.0:3.0:6.0:0.1, v/v/v/v) as mobile phase at 270 nm. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Student's t-test were applied to correlate the results of IH determination in dosage form by means of HPLC and HPTLC methods. The drug was subjected to acid and alkali hydrolysis, oxidation, dry heat, wet heat treatment, UV, and photodegradation. The proposed HPLC method was utilized to investigate the kinetics of the acidic, alkaline, and oxidative degradation processes at different temperatures and the apparent pseudo-first-order rate constant, half-life, and activation energy were calculated. In addition the pH-rate profile of degradation of IH in constant ionic strength buffer solutions in the pH range 2-11 was studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Quality Assurance Techniques, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Poona College of Pharmacy, Erandwane, Pune, Maharashtra State, India.
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kaul
authors.forename: Himani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Pravin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maske
authors.forename: Janhavi Ramchandra
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Kakasaheb Ramoo
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Mahadik
authors.forename: Shivajirao S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kadam
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001549:Benzamides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001593:Benzyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002138:Calibration; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D006207:Half-Life; D015394:Molecular Structure; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides; D001593:Benzyl Compounds; C102254:itopride