Abstract
A novel HPLC method with fluorimetric detection was developed for the determination of potentially carcinogenic N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in active pharmaceutical ingredient enalapril maleate. N-nitrosamines were subject to denitrosation followed by derivatisation with dansyl chloride or fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl chloride (Fmoc-Cl). Fmoc-Cl offers much better sensitivity and repeatability than dansyl chloride derivatisation. A satisfactory linearity was obtained for the method, with R2 = 0.9994 for NDMA and 0.9990 for NDEA, and a limit of quantification level of 0.038 μg/g for NDMA and 0.050 μg/g for NDEA. The precision decreased with the concentration to a maximum level of about 10%. The recoveries were in the range of 74.2 ± 4.2% to 101.6 ± 16.1% for NDMA and 90.6 ± 2.9% to 125.4 ± 7.4% for NDEA. Dansyl chloride was found to be an inappropriate derivatisation agent, mainly due to potential contamination with dimethylamine, leading to unrepeatable peaks in the blank solution. Since the method involves the derivatisation of amines liberated from the N-nitrosamines, it was necessary to remove the amines from the test sample. Several critical points in the standard/sample preparation have been mentioned, which affect the reproducibility of the method and are not covered in similar articles.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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