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Validated Stability – Indicating Methods for Determination of Sofosbuvir by UPLC and HPTLC in Pure Form and Tablet Dosage Forms

Sawsan A. Abdel-Razeq, Zeinab Adel Nasr, Noha S. Said

Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · pp. 1–13 · Published 20 Aug 2019

10.9734/ajacr/2019/v3i430097

Abstract

Aims: Two simple and sensitive stability- indicating methods were developed and validated for the quantitative determination of sofosbuvir in presence of its degradation products. Study Design: Ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), High performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) are developed for determination of sofosbuvir in presence of its degradation products, laboratory-prepared mixtures and in tablet dosage forms. Place and Duration of Study: Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, between August 2018 and March 2019. Methodology: Two simple and sensitive stability- indicating methods were developed and validated for the quantitative determination of Sofosbuvir in presence of its degradation products. The first method was an Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC) method, in which efficient separation was carried out on phenomenex kinetex 2.6 μm C18 100 A column using a mobile phase consisting of filtered and degassed mixture of 0.1% ortho-phosphoric acid in water and methanol with the ratio of (40:60% v/v) adjusted to pH 3.5, at a flow rate of 1 mL min-1 and UV detection at 260 nm at ambient temperature. The second method is a high performance- thin layer chromatographic one (HPTLC) in which chromatographic separation was performed on silica gel 60 F254 plates, with methanol – chloroform – ammonia (2.5: 6: 1.5 % v/v/v) as a developing system followed by densitometric determination at 261 nm. Sofosbuvir was subjected to stress conditions including alkaline, acidic and oxidative degradation. Results: Beer’s law was obeyed over the range of 1-20 μg mL–1 for UPLC and 2-12 μg / spot for HPTC with good accuracy and precision using the two procedures, respectively. Results obtained was statistically analysed and found to be in accordance with those given by the reported method. Conclusion: The proposed methods were successfully applied for the determination of sofosbuvir in bulk powder, laboratory prepared mixtures and pharmaceutical dosage form with good accuracy and precision. The methods were validated according to ICH guidelines. The results obtained were compared with those of the reported method and were found to be in good agreement.

Sofosubvir UPLC HPTLC degradates tablet dosage form.

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