Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for simultaneous determination of tetracaine hydrochloride and clotrimazole in compound neomycin sulfate pellicles. METHODS An HPLC method was adopted. The column was Agilent HC-C
18, the mobile phase was a mixture of methanol-0.1% triethylamine solution(adjusted to pH 3.0 with phosphoric acid) (85∶15), the detection wavelength was 311 nm and 227 nm for tetracaine hydrochloride and clotrimazole, respectively, the flow rate was 0.8 mL·min
-1, the column temperature was maintained at 20 oC, and the injection volume was 20 μL. RESULTS The linear range of tetracaine hydrochloride was 2.5-50.0 mg·L
-1(
r=0.999 5), and the average recovery was 99.3%, RSD=0. 99% (
n=9). The linear range of clotrimazole was 5.33-106.5 mg·L
-1(
r=0.999 5), and the average recovery was 99.8%, RSD=1.28% (
n=9). CONCLUSION The method is simple, accurate, reproducible, and suitable for the simultaneous determination of tetracaine hydrochloride and clotrimazole in compound neomycin sulfate pellicles.