Abstract
Metronidazole, ornidazole, tinidazole, and secnidazole are 5-nitroimidazoles. The purpose of this work was to propose a new economical TLC–densitometric method to evaluate the chemical stability of metronidazole, secnidazole, ornidazole, and tinidazole under stress conditions. A forced degradation study was performed on silica gel and aqueous solutions at various pH values; the metronidazole, secnidazole, ornidazole, and tinidazole solutions were prepared in saline and in hydrogen peroxide, respectively. The samples of the 5-nitroimidazoles were heated. TLC analyses were performed on silica gel 60F254 using chloroform–methanol (9:1, v/v) as the mobile phase. As the TLC–densitometric method can effectively separate the metronidazole, secnidazole, ornidazole, and tinidazole from their degradation products which formed as a result of the stress studies, it is considered to can be a good alternative and important tool in the routine quality control and stability testing of metronidazole, secnidazole, ornidazole, and tinidazole in pharmaceutical formulations. The results indicate that the proposed TLC–densitometric method is cost-effective, rapid, specific, accurate, and precise; the TLC–densitometric method also realizes the criterion of the linearity. A major advantage of the proposed method is its low cost and ability to analyze the 5-nitroimidazole which was investigated and all its degradation products simultaneously.
Funder
Medical University of Silesia
Subject
Process Chemistry and Technology,Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous),Bioengineering
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