Bharti, Amber

HPLC method development and validation for the quantification of related impurities in testosterone cypionate active pharmaceutical ingredient - Vol.56(1), Jan-Mar - Karnataka Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) 2022 - 240-246p.

Aim: The purpose of this research study, is to develop and validate a reverse phase HPLC
test method for detecting relevant impurities in Testosterone cypionate (TCY). Materials
and Methods: The chromatographic system for separation of related impurities were
achieved in Zorbax XDB-C8 (15 cm x 4.6 mm), 5 micron HPLC column utilising gradient
elution technique. Water was selected as solvent-A and Acetonitrile was preferred as
solvent-B for mobile phase. The method is gradient technique. Column heater was kept
constant at 35°C; the rate of flow was 1.2 mL per min; volume of injection was 20 μL
and 240 nm was set for detector wavelength. Results: The % recovery was in the range
of 95.6% to 108.7% for all impurities. The result of correlation coefficient were higher
than 0.98. Testosterone is the major degradants obtained from forced degradation study.
Conclusion: The created method can be utilise in quality control testing on a regular basis
for the analysis of Testosterone cypionate.


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