Method Development and Validation of Metoprolol and Felodipine by using RP-HPLC in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Dosage Form

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to develop and validate a simple, specific, precise, sensitive, cost effective and rapid Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method for simultaneous quantification of Felodipine and Metoprolol in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms. The separation of the analytes were carried out on a X-bridge phenyl column with a moving phase composed of 0.1 % Tri ethyl amine: acetonitrile (30:70 v/v) delivered at a stream of 1.0 ml/min, and separation has been observed by UV detector, at a detection wavelength of 235 nm. This method was proven to be linear over a concentration limit of 10-150 µg/ml for Metoprolol, 2-30 µg/ml for Felodipine with correlation coefficient of 0.999. The retention time of Metoprolol and Felodipine were 2.936, 4.535 minutes respectively. To separate Metoprolol and Felodipine peaks a run time of 8 min. was used. The validation results were in good agreement with acceptable limits. RSD values which are less than 2.0 % indicating the accuracy and precision of this method. Hence it was evident that the proposed method was said to be a suitable one for the regular analysis and quality control of pharmaceutical preparations which contain these active drugs either individually or in combination.