DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF RP-HPLC METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF TRANDOLAPRIL AND VERAPAMIL IN COMBINED TABLET DOSAGE FORM

A reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic method was developed and validated asper ICH guidelines for estimation of trandolapril and verapamil in combined tablet dosage form. Theseparation was obtained using a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and phosphate buffer adjustingpH to 3.0 in the ratio of 70:30 v/v and using Waters C18 (250 x 4.6 mm, 5 mcm) column maintained atambient temperature. The flow rate was 1.2 mL min-1 and UV detection was monitored at 215 nm. Theretention time (min) and linearity range (mcg mL-1) for trandolapril and verapamil were (5.12, 2.70) and(20-60, 20-60), respectively. The method validation results are within the acceptance criteria for precision,accuracy and linearity. The proposed method was found to be suitable for routine quality control ofmarketed formulation containing these APIs.