title: Development and application of a validated stability-indicating HPLC method for simultaneous determination of granisetron hydrochloride, benzyl alcohol and their main degradation products in parenteral dosage forms.
abstract: A simple, rapid and sensitive reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic method using photodiode array detection was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of granisetron hydrochloride, benzyl alcohol, 1-methyl-1H-indazole-3-carboxylic acid (the main degradation product of granisetron) and benzaldehyde (the main degradation product of benzyl alcohol) in granisetron injections. The separation was achieved on Hypersil BDS C8 (250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d., 5 microm particle diameter) column using a mobile phase consisted of acetonitrile:0.05 M KH(2)PO(4):triethylamine (22:100:0.15) adjusted to pH 4.8. The column was maintained at 25 degrees C and 20 microL of solutions was injected. Photodiode array detector was used to test the peak purity and the chromatograms were extracted at 210 nm. Naphazoline hydrochloride was used as internal standard. The method was validated with respect to specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, limit of quantitation and limit of detection. The validation acceptance criteria were met in all cases. Identification of the pure peaks was carried out using library match programmer and wavelengths of derivative optima of the spectrograms of the peaks. The method was successfully applied to the determination of the investigated drugs and their degradation products in different batches of granisetron injections. The method was proved to be sensitive for the determination down to 0.03 and 0.01% of granisetron degradation product and benzaldehyde, respectively, which are far below the compendia limits for testing these degradation products in their corresponding intact drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alexandria, Alexandria 21521, Egypt. hewalapda2007@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hewala
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El-Fatatre
authors.forename: Ehab
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emam
authors.forename: Mokhtar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mubrouk
mesh_terms: D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004304:Dosage Forms; D017829:Granisetron / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D016014:Linear Models; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; D019905:Benzyl Alcohol; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D004304:Dosage Forms; D017829:Granisetron; C032175:benzaldehyde