Abstract
Simultaneous RP-HPLC estimation of cefpodoxime proxetil and clavulanic acid in tablets
Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, RVS College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sulur, Coimbatore-641 402, India
Correspondence Address:
S Malathi Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, RVS College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sulur, Coimbatore-641 402 India mlth_ml@yahoo.co.in
A new, simple, precise, rapid and accurate RP-HPLC method has been developed for the simultaneous estimation of cefpodoxime proxetil and clavulanic acid from pharmaceutical dosage forms. The method was carried out on a Zorbax Eclipse XDB 5 µ C 18 (150×4.6 mm) column with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile:50 mM potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer (pH 3.0, 70:30 v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min. Detection was carried out at 228 nm. Aspirin was used as an internal standard. The retention time of clavulanic acid, cefpodoxime proxetil and aspirin was 4.43, 6.44 and 5.6 min, respectively. The developed method was validated in terms of accuracy, precision, linearity, limit of detection, limit of quantification and solution stability. The proposed method can be used for the estimation of these drugs in combined dosage forms.
