Pilocarpine Hydrochloride in Ophthalmic Solutions: Modification of a High-Pressure Liquid Chromatographic Determination and Survey

1976 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1409-1415
Author(s):  
John D Weber

Abstract Pilocarpine undergoes 2 important reactions in solutions, epimerization to isopilocarpine and hydrolysis to pilocarpic acid. There is no official USP limit for isopilocarpine or pilocarpic acid in pilocarpine hydrochloride ophthalmic solutions. An existing high-pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was modified by changing the buffer system to permit its use with constant-pressure as well as constant-volume instruments. The procedure separates all 3 components on a cation exchange resin ; pilocarpine and isopilocarpine are determined directly and pilocarpic acid indirectly. Ophthalmic solutions and drug substances were obtained from substantially all the United States marketers of pilocarpine opthalmic solutions and were analyzed by the modified HPLC method. Results of the survey show that isopilocarpine is present to the extent of 0.4–3% and pilocarpic acid at levels of 0.6–7% of total alkaloid.

1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-286
Author(s):  
Thomas D Macy ◽  
Andrew Loh

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed to determine monensin in feed premixes. The method is simple and rapid. Monensin is extracted with methanol-water and determined in the extracting solution by HPLC. Average recovery for monensin from a 13.2% premix sample was 103% (coefficient of variation (CV), 2.6%) by HPLC and compares with the value of 100% (CV, 3.4%) obtained by the turbidimetric bioassay method.


1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E Graham ◽  
Edward R Biehl ◽  
Margarito J Uribe

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed for the assay of prednisone in bulk drug substances and tablets. The sample was dissolved in water-methanol and an aliquot was analyzed by using HPLC. The average recovery of prednisone added to a prednisone tablet composite was 99.5% with a coefficient of variation of 1.07%. Prednisone was determined in 46 tablets (1-50 mg prednisone/tablet) formulated by 22 manufacturers, using the HPLC method and the USP blue tetrazolium assay. The results show that the HPLC method is more specific and faster than the USP method.


1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1048-1050
Author(s):  
Leonard R Schronk ◽  
Billy M Colvin ◽  
Alan R Hanks ◽  
Rodney J Bushway

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is described for determining ethopabate in poultry feeds. Feed samples containing ethopabate are finely ground, extracted 30 min by sonification with methanol-water (80+20), and filtered. The extract is cleaned up on an alumina column, and the first 4 ml eluate collected is analyzed. The drug is eluted through a μBondapak C18 column with acetonitrile-water (30+70) at a flow rate of 1.4 ml/min and detected by ultraviolet absorption at 280 nm. Chromatography is complete in 7 min, and detector response is linear. The drug is quantitated by peak height ratios. The procedure described is reproducible and shows good agreement with the official AOAC colorimetric method. The lower limit of detection is 2 ng by HPLC, making the method applicable to residue analyses.


1982 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 1311-1315
Author(s):  
Byron L Cox ◽  
Leo F Krzeminski

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for determination of sulfamethazine residues in pork liver, kidney, muscle, and fat. The sample was extracted with acetone- chloroform, concentrated in the presence of dilute HC1, and partitioned between dilute HC1 and hexane. The acid solution was washed with methylene chloride and then buffered with trisodium citrate and sodium hydroxide to pH 5.8-5.9. Sulfamethazine was extracted from the aqueous mixture with methylene chloride, concentrated, dissolved in buffer, and eluted from XAD-2 resin with methanol. Sulfamethazine was reliably quantitated at 0.1 ppm by HPLC on a Zorbax ODS column with detection at 254 nm with no interference from tissues or reagents. The average recovery from the edible tissues, i.e., liver, muscle, kidney, and fat, fortified at 0.1-0.4 ppm was 85.6 ± 3.7%.


1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 838-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E Thean ◽  
Walter C Funderburk

Abstract A normal phase high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is presented for separating and determining sucrose in honeys. This method has been successfully applied to the analysis of field samples containing sucrose (0.63–8.44 wt %). Diluted honeys are filtered through a 0.45 μm membrane filter, and injected directly into the chromatograph. Samples are eluted from a μBondapak/carbohydrate column with acetonitrile-water (83+17) and quantitated with a refractive index detector. Average recovery of sucrose is 97%.


1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. 1063-1066
Author(s):  
Martin P Bueno ◽  
Melina C Villalobos

Abstract A reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for quantitating vitamin K1 in enzymatic hydrolysates of infant formula is described. The vitamin is extracted with n-pentane before determination by isocratic and isothermal reverse phase HPLC. Recovery of vitamin Ki added io 5 infant formulas ranged from 84 to 103%


1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1067-1069
Author(s):  
Manjeet Singh

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed for isolating and determining uncombined intermediates and subsidiary colors in Orange B. Samples of Orange B containing 0.1–0.3% naphthionic acid, 0.05–0.2 % phenylhydrazine-p-sulfonic acid, 0.2–0.8% pyrazolone-T and ethyl ester of pyrazolone-T, 0.2–1.0% 3-[(4-sulfo-l-naphthalenyl)-azo]-4-amino-l-naphthalenesulfonic acid, and 0.1–6.0% Orange K were prepared and analyzed by using this method. Recoveries ranged from 95 to 103%, except for the phenylhydrazine-p-sulfonic acid which ranged from 95 to 140%. Ten samples of Orange B were analyzed by conventional column and thin layer chromatographic methods as well as by the HPLC method. Good agreement was obtained for naphthionic acid, Orange K, and naphthionic acid plus the naphthionic acid subsidiary.


1979 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1004-1006
Author(s):  
Elmer H Hayes

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determining pentachlorophenol in formulations is described. Samples containing pentachlorophenol are accurately weighed in suitable volumetric flasks and diluted with dioxane. The sample is then injected onto a stainless steel column containing μBondapak C18. The mobile phase is 60% methanol/PIC A and 40% water/PIC A. This method is simple and eliminates many of the extractions required in other methods of analysis.


1979 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 586-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter A Pons

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method is proposed for determining aflatoxins in corn. The sample is extracted with methanol-10% NaCl (4+1) , pigments are precipitated with zinc acetate, and the extract is cleaned up on a small (2 g) silica gel column. Aflatoxins in the purified extract are resolved by normal phase HPLC on a microparticulate (10 μm) silica gel column with water-saturated chloroform-cyclohexane-acetonitrile solvent, and detected by fluorescence on a silica gel-packed flowcell. The method was compared with chloroform-water extraction of the official CB method on 15 samples of contaminated corn. In 5 of the 6 samples containing aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2, methanol-10% NaCl extracted more aflatoxin than did cloroform-water, as measured both by HPLC and by thin layer chromatography. In samples containing only B1 and B2, the 2 extraction solvents were virtually equivalent. Agreement was good between HPLC and TLC for each extraction solvent. Average recovery of aflatoxins Bl, B2, Gl, and G2 added to yellow cornmeal at 3 levels was >90%.


1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1070-1073
Author(s):  
Robert B Hagel

Abstract A high pressure liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method has been developed to determine lasalocid in premixes. The method is simple and rapid, requiring an extraction of the drug and separation of insoluble material before HPLC. Elution times are typically <10 min per sample. The average recoveries for lasalocid at the 16.5 and 50% levels were 100.2±2 and 100.0±2%, respectively. The precision of the method (coefficient of variation = 0.02) compares favorably with that of the approved bioassay (coefficient of variation = 0.06).


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