A commercial silica cartridge was used successfully to separate the fraction of the unsaponifiable components of edible oils containing the sterols and some related compounds. Analysis by gas chromatography indicates that there is good agreement between the results from samples obtained by the new rapid method and those isolated using the time-consuming thin-layer chromatographic technique. This paper presents comparison data for 7 vegetable oils (peanut, soy, corn, rapeseed, olive, sesame, and coconut), a 2-component blend (olive and soy), and a commercial milk product erroneously labeled cholesterol-free.
A liquid chromatographic (LC) procedure is described for the assay of morphine sulfate in bulk drug material and injection solutions. The bulk drug and injection samples are prepared by direct dilution with LC mobile solvent. The average bulk drug purity (5 manufacturers) determined by the LC method was 99.9% with a difference of 0.1% from the average purity (anhydrous) found by the official USP XX procedure. The average LC recovery (19 studies) of morphine sulfate added to injection samples was 99.4% with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 1.14%. Morphine sulfate content was determined in triplicate for 53 injection samples (1-15 mg morphine sulfate/mL) formulated by 6 manufacturers, using the proposed LC procedure. Individual sample CV (n = 3) averaged 1.14%. The LC method is simple and specific for morphine sulfate. Major degradation products, preservatives, and some contaminants and related compounds are separated during LC.
A liquid chromatographic method for the assay of morphine sulfate and some preservatives and impurities in the bulk drug and in injections has been developed and collaboratively studied in 8 laboratories. Each collaborator analyzed 5 samples: 1 bulk drug, 3 different concentrations of injectable dosages, and 1 prepared mixture containing, in addition to morphine sulfate, phenol, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, and pseudomorphine. The proposed method quantitates morphine sulfate and resolves the other components for identification using a Clg reverse-phase column with a mobile solvent containing 240 mL methanol, 720 mL 0.005M 1-heptanesulfonic acid Na salt, and 10 mL acetic acid. Samples are prepared by direct dilution with mobile solvent minus 1-heptanesulfonic acid. All collaborators met system suitability requirements and performed the analysis without difficulty. No outliers were found when data were analyzed by the Dixon, Grubbs, double Grubbs, and Cochran tests. Relative standard deviations between laboratories (RSDR) for duplicate determinations of morphine sulfate ranged from 1.4 to 2.1%. Mean morphine sulfate recoveries for the bulk drug and the prepared mixture were 100.8 and 100.4%, respectively. The method has been approved interim official first action.
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