Stability-Indicating HPLC Method for Determination of Ibuprofen and Famotidine Degradation Products

Abstract

Abstract A new stability-indicating high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the quantitative determination of ibuprofen and famotidine degradation products in combined pharmaceutical products was developed and validated. The current aim of this study is to develop a rapid, accurate and robust analytical stability indicating impurity method that can separate ibuprofen, famotidine and their related impurities by using a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. A Zorbax SB-Phenyl column (4.6 × 150 mm2, 5-μm particle size) with mobile phase containing phosphate buffer solution with a pH value of 3.0 and acetonitrile was used. The flow rate was 0.8 mL/min and the analytes were detected by UV detector at 265 nm. The retention times of ibuprofen and famotidine were 18.43 and 5.14 min, respectively. This method was validated to confirm specificity, linearity, sensitivity (limit of detection and limit of quantitation), precision, accuracy, robustness and sample stability according to the International Conference on Harmonization guidelines. Studies have been completed and reported with two active substances in the combined dosage form and seven impurities in total. There is no method in the literature that simultaneously distinguishes and quantitatively analyzes both active substances and degradation products.