Development and Validation of Stability Indicating LC Method for 10-Hydroxycamptothecin

Arala Venkateshwarlu, A. V. Rama Rao, Khagga Mukkanti

Analytical Development Laboratory, Avra Laboratories Private Limited, Hyderabad, India.
Institute of Science & Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2012.37062                

Abstract

The present method gives a detailed description for the development and validation of a simple stability indicating reverse phase liquid chromatographic method for 10-hydroxycamptothecin(10-HCTN) in the presence of its impurities namely Imp A and Imp B along with degradation products generated from forced degradation studies. The drug was subjected to stress conditions of hydrolysis (acid, base and neutral), oxidative, photolytic and thermal stress degradation. Degradation was observed when subjected to treatment with peroxides or under conditions normally used for typical acid and base hydrolysis. The drug was found to be stable under other stress conditions attempted such as photolytic and thermal. Successful separation and isolation of the drug from related impurities and degradation products formed under stress conditions was achieved on an Inertsil ODS-3V (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) column using a phosphate buffer, acetonitrile, methanol and Nanopure water. The developed HPLC method was validated with respect to specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, sensitivity, robustness and solution stability. The assay method was found to be linear in the range of 0.16 mg/mL to 0.24 mg/mL with a correlation coefficient of 0.999 and the linearity of the impurities was established from 0.02% (LOQ) to 0.3%. Recoveries of assay and impurities were found between 99.4% and 100.3%. The developed HPLC method can be used to determine the related substances and assay determinations of 10-HCTN and also to evaluate the quality and long term stability of production samples.

Keywords

10-Hydroxycamptothecin; HPLC Method; Validation; Degradation; Anti-Cancer Activity and Related Substances

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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