title: Application of EPR Spectroscopy to Examination of Free Radical Formation in Thermally Sterilized Flumetasone.
abstract: Thermal formation of free radicals in flumetasone sterilized according to the pharmaceutical norms at 160, 170 and 180 °C was examined by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The microbiological analysis was done. Similar free radical concentrations were measured for flumetasone sterilized at 160 and 170 °C. The concentration was considerably higher than that for flumetasone sterilized at 180 °C. Fast spin-lattice relaxation processes, homogeneously broadened EPR lines, and complex free radicals system characterize the heated flumetasone. Free radicals were not observed 30 days after thermal sterilization. Optimal temperatures of sterilization of flumetasone are 160 and 170 °C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, School of Pharmacy and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Jedności 8, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland ; Artificial Heart Laboratory, The Zbigniew Religa Foundation of Cardiac Surgery Development, Wolności 345a, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kościelniak-Ziemniak
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pilawa