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A drug-excipient interaction impurity of bromhexine hydrochloride injection: Structure and formation mechanism
1Chengdu Organic Chemistry Co., LTD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, PR China.
Abstract:
A long-term stability study using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) revealed an unidentified impurity in the bromhexine hydrochloride injection, which was employed as a mucolytic agent. Investigations into stress degradation and elemental impurities revealed one of the elemental impurities Fe3+ in this injection as the primary generator of these impurities. This impurity, named N-carboxymethyl bromhexine, was a product formed during drug-excipient interaction between bromhexine and tartaric acid with Fe3+. The structure of the impurity was identified through ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector (UHPLC-DAD), liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LC-MS). Further, the formation mechanism of the impurity was discussed. Overall, this study elucidates the cause, origin, and mechanism of an unknown impurity in bromhexine hydrochloride injection, providing a basis for quality control for bromhexine hydrochloride injections and drug products containing both amine and tartaric acid.
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