Simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride hydrochloride by ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography

J Pharm Biomed Anal. 1999 Mar;19(3-4):477-85. doi: 10.1016/s0731-7085(98)00241-6.

Abstract

Rapid, precise, accurate and specific ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatographic procedures were described for the simultaneous determination of hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride hydrochloride in combined pharmaceutical dosage forms. For the first method, ratio spectra derivative spectrophotometry, the signals were measured at 285.7 nm for hydrochlorothiazide and at 302.5 nm for amiloride hydrochloride in the mixture, in the first derivative of the ratio spectra. The second method is based on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on LiChrosorb RP-C18 column (5 microm, 20 cm x 4.6 mm) using 0.025 M orthophosphoric acid (adjusted to pH 3.0 with triethylamine (TEA)), acetonitrile (84:16 v/v) as a mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.2 ml/min(-1). Detection was carried out using a UV detector at 278.0 nm. Commercial sugar-coated and laboratory-prepared mixtures containing both drugs in different proportions were assayed using the developed methods.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Amiloride / analysis*
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Diuretics / analysis*
  • Drug Combinations
  • Ethylamines / chemistry
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Hydrochlorothiazide / analysis*
  • Phosphoric Acids / chemistry
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / methods
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Diuretics
  • Drug Combinations
  • Ethylamines
  • Phosphoric Acids
  • Hydrochlorothiazide
  • amiloride, hydrochlorothiazide drug combination
  • Amiloride
  • phosphoric acid
  • triethylamine