DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE STABILITY-INDICATING LC-UV METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF CEFOZOPRAN HYDROCHLORIDE

The stability-indicating LC assay method was developed and validated for quantitative determination of cefozopran hydrochloride (CZH) in the presence of degradation products formed during the forced degradation studies. An isocratic, RP-HPLC method was developed with C-18 (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) column and 12 mM ammonium acetate-acetonitrile (92:8, v/v) as a mobile phase. The flow rate of the mobile phase was 1.0 mL/min. Detection wavelength was 260 not and temperature was 30°C. Cefozopran hydrochloride as other cephalosporins was subjected to stress conditions of degradation in aqueous solutions including hydrolysis, oxidation, photolysis and thermal degradation. The developed method was validated with regard to linearity, accuracy, precision, selectivity and robustness. The method was applied successfully for identification and determination of cefozopran hydrochloride in pharmaceuticals and during kinetic studies.