Sorbitol and glycerol, along with other inactive ingredients such as preservatives and dyes, are commonly used in various pharmaceutical and personal care products. To accurately assess the effectiveness of various formulations containing sorbitol and/or glycerol, their quantitative determination is essential. In the current study, two types of detectors (a Varian evaporative light scattering detector and an Agilent ultraviolet-visible detector) are evaluated for the assay of working sample solutions. The two detection techniques are complimentary, and a comparison of the results obtained using the two detectors is presented here. The current method is shown to be stability-indicating and free from interference from any of the formulation excipients and potential degradation products. The method is reproducible, accurate, sensitive and selective. It provides enhanced detection sensitivity for sorbitol and comparable sensitivity for glycerol versus similar methods reported in the literature that utilize a refractive index detector for the analysis of either of the two polyols.
In the current study, injectable formulations containing Doxercalciferol as the active pharmaceutical ingredient are analyzed by using gradient-elution high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. Various related impurities and degradants are quantified by using solid-phase extraction (SPE) for enhanced sensitivity. The assay of possible related impurities and Doxercalciferol analogues present at trace quantities is performed by using Trans-1-α-hydroxy vitamin D2 (Doxercalciferol related degradation product/Impurity B) as standard and 1-β-hydroxy vitamin D2 (Doxercalciferol related degradation product/Impurity C) as internal standards for the SPE study. The current method is shown to be stability-indicating and free from interferences from any of the formulation excipients and potential degradation products and impurities. The validated method is shown to be reproducible, accurate, sensitive and selective.
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