Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To establish an HPLC method for determining the related substances and decomposition products in Candesartan Cilexetil and Amlodipine tablets. METHODS An Inertsil ODS-SP C
18 column was used with the mobile phase of 0.035 mol·L
-1 sodium dihydrogen phosphate (pH 3.0)-acetonitrile-methanol by gradient elution at the detection wavelength of 238 nm. RESULTS The impurities were well separated from candesartan cilexetil and amlodipine. Candesartan cilexetil impurity B is the biggest one. The total content of related substance were <0.5%. CONCLUSION The method is simple, selective, accurate and reproducible. It is suitable for determination of related compounds in Candesartan Cilexetil and Amlodipine tblets.