DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF RP-HPLC-PDA METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF FENSPIRIDE HYDROCHLORIDE IN BULK AND PHARMACEUTICAL DOSAGE FORMS

A simple, selective, accurate High Performance Liquid Chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed and validated for the analysis of Fenspiride hydrochloride in bulk and tablet dosage forms. Chromatographic separation was achieved isocratically using a C18 reverse phase column [Inertsil C18 column (250×4.6mm, 5μm)] utilizing a mobile phase containing 10mM Ammonium acetate: Acetonitrile (50:50 v/v) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The eluents were monitored at wavelength of 210 nm for a run time of 7 minutes at ambient temperature. The average retention time of the drug was found to be 4.6 minutes. The developed method was validated as per ICH guidelines to ascertain the reproducibility of the method. The method was found to be linear in the concentration range of 10-50 μg/mL with a good correlation coefficient of 0.998. The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were 0.007 and 0.021 μg/mL and the percentage recovery and assay were found to be 99.315 and 98.97%. Specificity with placebo by 3 D plots showed that the method was specific and free from interfering substances. Therefore, the fully validated method was good enough to carry out routine analysis of Fenspiride in bulk and tablet formulations.