Abstract
<p>ABSTRACT<br />Objective: The main objective of the proposed study was to develop and validate a new stability indicating reverse phase high performance liquid<br />chromatography method for the simultaneous estimation of darunavir (DRV) and ritonavir (RTV).<br />Methods: The method was optimized using Atlantis C18 column (50 mm×4.6 mm, 5 µm, Waters Corporation, Milford, USA). Acetonitrile and water<br />were used as mobile phase in the proportion of 60:40. The flow rate was 0.8 ml/minutes and the effluent was monitored at 230 nm.<br />Results: The retention time of DRV and RTV was 3.15 minutes and 4.59 minutes, respectively. The method was precise as it showed a % relative<br />standard deviation of &lt;2%. The percentage recoveries of both the drugs DRV and RTV were 99.8-100.01% and 99.5-99.97%, respectively. The<br />linearity of DRV and RTV was in the range of 40-120 and 4-20 µg/ml, respectively. Calibration curve showed good linearity and range. The correlation<br />coefficient of DRV and RTV was 0.999 each. Moreover, the results obtained for limit of quantification, limit of detection, robustness, and ruggedness<br />were well within the acceptance criteria.<br />Conclusion: The proposed method was found to be simple, rapid, accurate, precise, and stability indicating. It was found to be economical and suitable<br />for simultaneous determination of DRV and RTV which is can also be applied for pharmaceutical dosage form.<br />Keywords: Darunavir, Ritonavir, Reversed-phase-high performance liquid chromatography, Simultaneous estimation, Forced degradation.</p>
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