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Simultaneous RP-LC Determination of Artesunate and Amodiaquine in Pharmaceutical Preparations

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A simple, fast and precise reversed phase liquid chromatographic method was developed for the simultaneous determination of artesunate (AS) and amodiaquine (AD) in combined pharmaceutical dosage form. Chromatographic separation of the two drugs was performed on a BDS Hypersil C18, 100 mm × 4.6 mm, 3 μm particle size column as stationary phase with a mobile phase comprising of phosphate buffer (pH 3.0 with orthophosphoric acid) and acetonitrile in the proportion of 50:40 (v/v), at a flow rate of 0.8 mL min−1 and UV detection at wavelength 210 nm for AS and 300 nm for AD using photo diode array detection. The proposed method was validated for specificity, accuracy, linearity, range, precision and was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of AS and AD in the combined fixed dosage form without any excipient’s interference.

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    Manisha U. Phadke, Vivek K. Jadhav, Rajendra K. Jadhav, Suraj S. Dave & Dattatray S. Patil

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Phadke, M.U., Jadhav, V.K., Jadhav, R.K. et al. Simultaneous RP-LC Determination of Artesunate and Amodiaquine in Pharmaceutical Preparations. Chroma 68, 1003–1007 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-008-0800-6

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