[Rapid determination of active constituents in compound ibuprofen tablets by capillary zone electrophoresis]

A rapid capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) method for the determination of ibuprofen and pseudoephedrine hydrochloride in compound ibuprofen tablets has been developed. CZE was performed in 0.025 mol/L phosphate buffer solution (pH 8.1). The two compounds were completely separated within 3 minutes, and quantified with a UV-detector at 210 nm by means of external standard method. Relative standard deviations of 2.9% for pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 1.9% for ibuprofen were achieved for 11 determinations of the sample solution containing 9.5 mg/L pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and 66.7 mg/L ibuprofen, and recoveries of 103.1% and 97.6% were obtained respectively for the spiked pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and ibuprofen. The proposed method has been applied for the analysis of compound ibuprofen tablets, and the analytical results are in good agreement with those obtained by HPLC method.