Abstract
A sensitive, selective, precise and stability indicating high-performance thin-layer chromatographic method of analysis of nelfinavir mesylate both as a bulk drug and in formulations was developed and validated. The method employed TLC aluminium plates precoated with silica gel 60F-254 as the stationary phase. The solvent system consisted of toluene–methanol–acetone (7:1.5:1.5, v/v/v). This system was found to give compact spots for nelfinavir mesylate ( R f value of 0.45±0.02). Nelfinavir mesylate was subjected to acid and alkali hydrolysis, oxidation, dry heat treatment and photodegradation. Also the peaks of degraded products were well resolved from the pure drug with significantly different R f values. Densitometric analysis of nelfinavir mesylate was carried out in the absorbance mode at 250 nm. The linear regression analysis data for the calibration plots showed good linear relationship with r 2=0.999±0.002 in the concentration range of 1000–6000 ng per spot. The mean value of correlation coefficient, slope and intercept were 0.999±0.002, 0.014±0.001 and 21.73±1.26, respectively. The method was validated for precision, robustness and recovery. The limits of detection and quantitation were 60 and 140 ng per spot, respectively. Statistical analysis proves that the method is repeatable and selective for the estimation of the said drug. As the method could effectively separate the drug from its degradation products, it can be employed as a stability indicating one.
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