Analysis of azithromycin and its related compounds by RP-HPLC with UV detection. 2010

Fuad Al-Rimawi, and Maher Kharoaf
Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Quds University, P.O. Box 20002, East Jerusalem.

A simple, validated stability-indicating liquid chromatographic method is developed for the analysis of azithromycin in raw material and in pharmaceutical forms. Liquid chromatography with a UV detector at a wavelength of 210 nm using a reversed-phase C(18) stationary phase has been employed in this study. Isocratic elution is employed using a mixture of phosphate buffer-methanol (20:80). This new method is validated in accordance with USP requirements for new methods for assay determination, which include accuracy, precision, specificity, linearity, and range. This method shows enough selectivity, sensitivity, accuracy, precision, and linearity range to satisfy Federal Drug Administration and International Conference of Harmonization regulatory requirements. The current method demonstrates good linearity over the range of 0.3-2.0 mg/mL of azithromycin. The accuracy of the method is 100.5% with a relative standard deviation of 0.2%. The precision of this method reflected by relative standard deviation of replicates is 0.2%. The method is sensitive with a detection limit of 0.0005 mg/mL for azithromycin. Impurities and degradation products of azithromycin can be selectively determined with a good resolution in both raw material and pharmaceutical forms.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002138 Calibration Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output. Calibrations
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D004340 Drug Contamination The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure. Drug Adulteration,Drug Contamination, Chemical,Drug Contamination, Microbial,Drug Contamination, Physical,Drug Impurity,Adulteration, Drug,Chemical Drug Contamination,Chemical Drug Contaminations,Contamination, Chemical Drug,Contamination, Drug,Contamination, Microbial Drug,Contamination, Physical Drug,Contaminations, Chemical Drug,Contaminations, Microbial Drug,Contaminations, Physical Drug,Drug Adulterations,Drug Contaminations,Drug Contaminations, Chemical,Drug Contaminations, Microbial,Drug Contaminations, Physical,Drug Impurities,Impurity, Drug,Microbial Drug Contamination,Microbial Drug Contaminations,Physical Drug Contamination,Physical Drug Contaminations
D004355 Drug Stability The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product. Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D000900 Anti-Bacterial Agents Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA. Anti-Bacterial Agent,Anti-Bacterial Compound,Anti-Mycobacterial Agent,Antibacterial Agent,Antibiotics,Antimycobacterial Agent,Bacteriocidal Agent,Bacteriocide,Anti-Bacterial Compounds,Anti-Mycobacterial Agents,Antibacterial Agents,Antibiotic,Antimycobacterial Agents,Bacteriocidal Agents,Bacteriocides,Agent, Anti-Bacterial,Agent, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agent, Antibacterial,Agent, Antimycobacterial,Agent, Bacteriocidal,Agents, Anti-Bacterial,Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agents, Antibacterial,Agents, Antimycobacterial,Agents, Bacteriocidal,Anti Bacterial Agent,Anti Bacterial Agents,Anti Bacterial Compound,Anti Bacterial Compounds,Anti Mycobacterial Agent,Anti Mycobacterial Agents,Compound, Anti-Bacterial,Compounds, Anti-Bacterial
D013056 Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet Determination of the spectra of ultraviolet absorption by specific molecules in gases or liquids, for example Cl2, SO2, NO2, CS2, ozone, mercury vapor, and various unsaturated compounds. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry
D056148 Chromatography, Reverse-Phase A chromatography technique in which the stationary phase is composed of a non-polar substance with a polar mobile phase, in contrast to normal-phase chromatography in which the stationary phase is a polar substance with a non-polar mobile phase. Chromatography, Reversed-Phase Liquid,Reversed-Phase Chromatography,Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography,Reverse-Phase Chromatography,Reverse-Phase Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, Reverse Phase,Chromatography, Reversed-Phase,Reverse Phase Chromatography,Reversed Phase Chromatography
D057230 Limit of Detection Concentration or quantity that is derived from the smallest measure that can be detected with reasonable certainty for a given analytical procedure. Limits of Detection,Detection Limit,Detection Limits
D017963 Azithromycin A semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic structurally related to ERYTHROMYCIN. It has been used in the treatment of Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infections, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidiosis. Azadose,Azithromycin Dihydrate,Azithromycin Monohydrate,Azitrocin,Azythromycin,CP-62993,Goxal,Sumamed,Toraseptol,Ultreon,Vinzam,Zentavion,Zithromax,Zitromax,CP 62993,CP62993,Dihydrate, Azithromycin,Monohydrate, Azithromycin

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