Simultaneous Determination of Co-formulated Matrine and Secnidazole in Suppositories by Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Abstract
Purpose: To develop and validate a new, simple, sensitive and accurate high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for the simulataneous determination of matrine and secnidazole in suppositories.
Methods: The method involved using a SinoChoom ODS-BP C18 column (5 ƒÊm, 4.6 mm ~ 200 mm) and mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile.triethylamine (0.05 %) in 0.025 mol/L KH2PO4 (20:80, v/v).
The flow rate was 1 mL/min and detection was monitored at 210 and 311 nm for matrine and secnidazole, respectively. Total run time was 10 min and the column was maintained at 35 oC.
Results: The excipients in the suppository did not interfere with the drug peaks. Matrine was eluted at a retention time (RT) of 4.30 min while linearity for the quantification of drug was obtained in the concentration range of 10.0 - 100.0 ƒÊg/mL (r2 = 0.9991). Secnidazole was eluted at a retention time (tr) of 6.69 min and linearity for the quantification of the drug was obtained in the concentration range of 10.0 - 150.0 ƒÊg/mL (r2 = 0.9993). Intra- and inter-day variations were < 1.0 % for both matrine and
secnidazole.
Conclusion: The developed HPLC method was validated according to International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) guidelines and proved to be suitable for the simultaneous determination of matrine and secnidazole in suppositories.
Keywords: Matrine, Secnidazole, Suppository, HPLC, Assay
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