Simultaneous Determination of Methyl Nicotinate and Three Salicylic Acid Derivatives in Pain Relief Spray Using HPLC–DAD

Abstract

For the first time, the high-performance liquid chromatography–diode array detector (HPLC–DAD) approach was operated for the simultaneous assessment of methyl nicotinate (MN), methyl salicylate (MS), ethyl salicylate (ES) and 2-hydroxyethyl salicylate (HES) in one pharmaceutical formulation. The limits of detection of MN, HES, MS and ES were found to be 0.0144, 0.0455, 0.0087 and 0.0061 μg/mL. The recovery percentages and relative standard deviations ranged from 93.48 to 102.12% and 0.301 to 6.341% for all active ingredients. Accordingly, the previously described data demonstrate the sensitivity, accuracy and precision of the developed method. Therefore, the investigated approach was effectively applied for the simultaneous assessment of MN, HES, MS and ES in DEEP HEAT Spray.