title: Analysis of pharmaceutical preparations containing antihistamine drugs by micellar liquid chromatography.
abstract: Rapid chromatographic procedures for analytical quality control of pharmaceutical preparations containing antihistamine drugs, alone or together with other kind of compounds are proposed. The method uses C18 stationary phases and micellar mobile phases of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) with either 1-propanol or 1-butanol as organic modifier. The proposed procedures allow the determination of the antihistamines: brompheniramine, chlorcyclizine, chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine, doxylamine, flunarizine, hydroxyzine, promethazine, terfenadine, tripelennamine and triprolidine, in addition to caffeine, dextromethorphan, guaifenesin, paracetamol and pyridoxine in different pharmaceutical presentations (tablets, capsules, suppositories, syrups and ointments). The methods require minimum handling sample and are rapid (between 3 and 12 min at 1 mLmin(-1) flow rate) and reproducible (R.S.D. values<5%). Limits of detection are lower than 1 microgmL(-1) and the recoveries of the analytes in the pharmaceutical preparations are in the range 100+/-10%.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Analítica, Universitat de València, C/Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martínez-Algaba
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bermúdez-Saldaña
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Villanueva-Camañas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sagrado
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Medina-Hernández
mesh_terms: D020001:1-Butanol; D000433:1-Propanol; D001977:Brompheniramine / Q000032:analysis; D000077286:Cetrimonium; D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D002744:Chlorpheniramine / Q000032:analysis; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004304:Dosage Forms; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists / Q000032:analysis*; D008823:Micelles; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000032:analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002593:Cetrimonium Compounds; D004304:Dosage Forms; D006634:Histamine H1 Antagonists; D008823:Micelles; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D010879:Piperazines; D002744:Chlorpheniramine; D020001:1-Butanol; D000433:1-Propanol; D001977:Brompheniramine; C084597:chlorcyclizine; D000077286:Cetrimonium