[Fluorometholone Reference Standard (control 011) of National Institute of Health Sciences]

The raw material of fluorometholone was examined for the preparation of the "Fluorometholone Reference Standard (Control 011)". The analytical data obtained were: optical rotation, [alpha]20D = .5 degrees; UV spectrum, lambda max of 240 nm and specific absorbance in methanol at 240 nm = 350.7; IR spectrum, same as that of the Fluorometholone Reference Standard (Control 864); high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), total amount of impurities estimated to be less than 0.5%; loss on drying, 0.01%. Based on the above results, the raw material was authorized as the Fluorometholone Reference Standard (Control 011) of the National Institute of Health Sciences.