Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determination of valproate sodium and antiseptic in sodium valproate oral solution.
METHODS Thermo Hypersil BDS C
18 chromatographic column(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm) was used. The isocratic elution was adopted, with the mobile phase composed of PBS (pH 2.3)-acetonitrile(63:37). The flow rate was 1.0 mL·min
-1 and the detective wavelength was 210 and 254 nm.
RESULTS The linear range of valproate sodium was 0.99-2.92 mg·mL
-1 and the regression coefficient was 0.999 9. The recovery was 98.8%(RSD=0.5%). The linear range of sodium methylparaben was 14.74-58.96 μg·mL
-1 and the regression coefficient was 0.999 9. The recovery was 100.8% (RSD=0.4%). The linear range of sodium propylparaben was 10.21-20.41 μg·mL
-1 and the regression coefficient was 0.999 9. The recovery was 101.1%(RSD=0.8%).
CONCLUSION The method is simple, quick and reliable. It can be used for actual test and quality control of sodium valproate oral solution.