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JournalofAppliedPharmaceuticalScienceVol.6(03),pp.071076,March,2016
Availableonlineathttp://www.japsonline.com
DOI:10.7324/JAPS.2016.60312
ISSN22313354

StabilityIndicatingRPHPLCMethodfortheSimultaneousEstimation
ofPyrimethamineandSulphadoxineinBulkandTabletDosageForm
VeeragoniAnilKumar1*,VasudevaMurthySindgi2,ShobaRaniSatla3,ManishKumarThimmaraju4
1DepartmentofPharmaceuticalAnalysis,PathfinderinstituteofPharmacyEducationandResearch,WarangalTelangana.2JayamukhiCollegeofPharmacy,

Narsampet,Warangal,Telangana.3CenterforPharmaceuticalSciences,InstituteofScienceandTechnology,JNTUH,Hyderabad,Telangana.4Central
AnalyticalLaboratory,BalajiInstituteofPharmaceuticalSciences,Narsampet,WarangalTelangana.

ARTICLEINFO
ABSTRACT

Articlehistory:
Receivedon:24/12/2015
Revisedon:15/01/2016
Acceptedon:08/02/2016
Availableonline:30/03/2016
Astabilityindicatingsimple,selective,accuratehighPerformanceLiquidChromatographic(HPLC)method
wasdevelopedandvalidatedforthecombinedtabletformulationofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine.
ChromatographicseparationwasoptimizedbygradientHPLConaC18column[InertsilSilica,250x4.6mm,
5]utilizingamobilephaseofpotassiumdihydrogenphosphateandacetonitriletakenintheratio70:30ata
flowrateof1.0ml/minwithUVdetectionat221nm.Theretentiontimeofpyrimethamineandsulphadoxine
was2.77and6.57minrespectively.Thedevelopedmethodwasvalidatedintermsofaccuracy,precision,
linearity,limitofdetection,limitofquantitation,robustnessandstressdegradationstudies.Validationofthe
methodwasdoneinaccordancewithICHguidelinesfortheassayofactiveingredients.Thusvalidatedmethod
canberecommendedfortheroutinelaboratoryanalysis.
Keywords:
Pyrimethamine,
sulphadoxine,ICHguidelines
andstressdegradation
studies.

INTRODUCTION
Pyrimethamineisanantimalarialdrugwhichinhibits
thedihydrofolatereductaseofplasmodiaandtherebyblocksthe
biosynthesisofpurinesandpyrimidines,whichareessentialfor
DNAsynthesisandcellmultiplication.Sulfadoxineisasulfa
drug,oftenusedincombinationwithpyrimethaminetotreat
malaria.Reviewofliteratureforpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine
gaveinformationregardingthevariousstudiesconductedand
analyticalmethodsestablishedforthedrugsalone,in
combinationandincombinationwithotherdrugsin
pharmaceuticaldosageformsandinbiologicalfluids(Minziet
al.,2013,Sinnaeveetal.,2005).Therearefewmethodsreported
intheliteratureforanalysisofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine
aloneorincombinationwithotherdrugsinthepureform,
pharmaceuticalsformulationsandbiologicalfluidsbyUV
spectrophotometer(OnahandOdeiani,2002,Meenaand
.

*CorrespondingAuthor
VeeragoniAnilKumar,DepartmentofPharmaceuticalAnalysis
PathfinderInstituteofPharmacyEducationAndResearch,Warangal
Telangana.Email:v_aneel@yahoo.co.in

Sandhya,2013),HPTLC(MeenaandSandhya,2013),Capillary
zoneelectrophoresis(Aminetal.,2012),RPHPLC(Greenetal.,
2002,Bergqvistetal.,1991;Astieretal.,1997;Bergqvistetal.,
1985;SaeedArayneetal.,2010),LCMS(Sinnaeveetal.,2005).
TherewasnostabilityindicatingHPLCmethods
establishedforthesimultaneousestimationofpyrimethamine&
sulphadoxineinformulation.Theaimofthepresentworkisto
developastabilityindicatinganalyticalmethodforthecombined
tabletformulationofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine.Validationof
themethodwasdoneinaccordancewithICHguidelinesforthe
assayofactiveingredients.Thusvalidatedmethodcanbe
recommendedfortheroutinelaboratoryanalysis.
MATERIALSANDMETHODS
Pyrimethamine(PYR)andSulphadoxine(SUL)were
procuredasgiftsamplesfromTajpharmaceuticals,Mumbai.
REZIZ(Pyrimethamine25mgandSulphadoxine500mg)tablets
manufacturedbyShreyalifesciencespvt.Ltd.Indiawasprocured
fromalocalpharmacy.Acetonitrile(HPLCgrade),ortho
phosphoricacid,Potassiumdihydrogenorthophosphate,Methanol
(HPLCgrade),TriethylamineandTDW(TripleDistilledWater).

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Instrumentation
ShimadzugradientHPLCMODELNO(JAPAN),HPLC
columnInertsil(250x4.6mm,5m),Mobilephasefiltrationunit
(PallLifesciences,Mumbai,India),LABINDIAU.VwithUV
Winsoftware,Sonicator,PHmeter(LABINDIA),digitalbalance
(Denver).
METHODDEVELOPMENT
Preparationofstandardsolutions
Accuratelyweighedandtransferred10mgof
Pyrimethamineand10mgofSulphadoxineworkingStandards
intotwoseparate100mlcleandryvolumetricflasks,add30mlof
diluent,sonicatedfor5minutesandmakeuptothefinalvolume
withdiluent.
ChromatographicConditions
TheHPLCsystemconsistedofShimadzugradientHPLC
(JAPAN)withdualAbsorbanceUVdetector.Thewavelengthof
detectionassetat221nm.Separationwascarriedoutingradient
modeoninertsilC18column(4.6x250mmx5m)andtheretention

timeofpyrimethamineandsulphadoximewasfoundtobe2.952
and6.832respectively(figure1),using70:30v/vdihydrogen
orthophosphate:acetonitrileasmobilephaseataflowrateof1
ml/min.Themobilephasefilteredthroughnylonmillipore
(0.2m)membranefilter,purchasedfrompalllifesciences,
MumbaianddegassedwithUltrasonicatorpriortouse.
Chromatographywascarriedoutatroomtemperature250cand
maintainsthecolumntemperatureat320c.
Fig.1:Chromatogramofpyrimethamineandsulphadoxime.

PreparationofStandardSolutions
Stocksolutionsofpyrimethamine(0.5mg/ml)and
sulphadoxime(1mg/ml)werepreparedinmethanol.Further
dilutionswerecarriedoutin60%acetonitrileandcalibration
standardswerepreparedfreshlywithpyrimethamineand
sulphodoximestocksolutionstogivetheconcentrationsof5,10,
15,20,25and30g/ml.
SamplePreparation(Assay)
5tabletswereweighedandcalculatetheaverageweight
ofeachtabletthentheweightequivalenttransferredintoa100mL
volumetricflask,60mLofdiluentaddedandsonicatedfor25min,
furtherthevolumemadeupwithdiluentandfiltered.Fromthe
filteredsolution0.2mlwaspipettedoutintoa10mlvolumetric
flaskandmadeupto10mlwithdiluent.
RESULTS&DISCUSSIONS
MethodValidation
MethodvalidationwasperformedaspertheICH
guidelinesQ2(R1)ValidationofAnalyticalProcedure.The
developedmethodwasvalidatedforthefollowingparameters.
Linearity
Linearconcentrationsofbothdrugswerepreparedand
thebestfitlinewascalculated.Widerangecalibrationwas
determinedbysolutionscontaining5g/mlto30g/ml(table1).
Correlationcoefficientwasfoundtobe0.999&0.997for
Pyrimethamine&Sulphadoxinerespectively(showninfig2&3).
Table1:Linearityresultsofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine.
Sno
Pyrimethamine
Sulphadoxine
Concentration
(g/ml)
Peakarea
Concentration
(g/ml)
Peakarea
1
5
329102
5
2279923
2
10
876684
10
5805764
3
15
1225460
15
8254245
4
20
1753561
20
11870562
5
25
2109537
25
14481530
6
30
2614420
30
18076428

Precision
Theintradayprecisionwasdemonstratedbyinjectingsix
testsolutionsat25g/mlconcentrationasperthetestprocedure
(shownintableno2&3)&recordingthechromatogramsofsix
testsolutions.The%RSDofpyrimethamineandsulphodixime
wasfoundtobe0.207and0.324respectively.
Table2:MethodPrecisionofPyrimethamine.
Sno
Pyrimethamine(25g/ml)
Retentiontime(Rt)
Peakarea
%Assay
1
2.90
2109429
100.01
2
2.930
2109837
99.99
3
2.839
2109941
99.98
4
2.914
2107535
100.09
5
2.845
2108530
100.05
6
2.872
2119528
99.53
Mean
2110800
99.94
SD
4371.18
0.206
RSD

0.207
0.206
Table3:MethodPrecisionofSulphadoxine
Sno
Sulphadoxine(25g/ml)
Retentiontime(Rt)
Peakarea
%Assay
1
6.828
14482536
99.99
2
6.823
14481829
100.00
3
6.729
14599259
99.19
4
6.799
14499743
99.87
5
6.712
14481539
100.00
6
6.722
14481645
100.00
Mean
14504425
99.84
SD
47005.99
0.3220
RSD
0.324
0.3225

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Fig.2:Linearityofpyrimethamine.
Fig.3:Linearityofsulphadoxine.

IntermediatePrecision
Intermediateprecisionoftheanalyticalmethodwas
determinedbyperformingmethodprecisiononinthreesuccessive
daysbydifferentanalystsundersameexperimentalcondition.
Assayofallsixreplicatesamplepreparationswasdeterminedand
themean%RSDofpyrimethamineandsulphodiximewasfound
tobe0.259and0.353respectively(shownintableno4).
Table4:IntermediatePrecisionofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxine.
S.No
Parameter
%RSD
Mean
RSD
Day1
Day2
Day3
Pyrimethamine
(25g/ml)
PeakArea
0.199
0.264
0.318
0.260
%Assay
0.198
0.263
0.317
0.259
sulphadoxine
(25g/ml)
PeakArea
0.317
0.288
0.462
0.356
%Assay
0.315
0.287
0.4584
0.353

Accuracy
Accuracyofthemethodwasestablishedbyperforming
recoverystudiesaccordingtotheICHguidelines.Spikedsamples
werepreparedbyspikingpreanalyzedsamplesolutionswithpure
drugatthreedifferentconcentrationlevelseachintriplicate.Mean
percentagerecoveryvaluesatthreedifferentconcentrationsofthe
twodrugswascalculated.The%recoveryofPyrimethamine
(98.02100.45%)&Sulphadoxine(99.79100.20%)ateachlevel
waswithinthelimitsof98%and102%(shownintableno5&6).
Hence,accuracywasestablishedforthepresentworkandthe
methodwassaidtobeaccurate.
Table5:%recoveryofPyrimethamine.
S.no
Conc(g/
ml)
Conc(g/ml)
found
%
recovery
Mean
accuracy
%RSD
1
15
14.8
101.35
100.45
1.024
2
15
15.1
99.34

3
15
14.9
100.67
4
20
20.3
98.52
98.02
1.530
5
20
19.7
101.52
6
20
20.1
99.50
7
25
25.2
99.21
100.14
0.832
8
25
24.9
100.40
9
25
24.8
100.81
Table6:%RecoveryofSulphadoxine.
Sno
Conc
(g/ml)
Conc(g/ml)
found
%
recovery
Mean
accuracy
%RSD
1
15
14.91
100.60
100.20
0.811
2
15
15.11
99.27
3
15
14.89
100.74
4
20
20.12
99.40
99.79
0.664
5
20
19.89
100.55
6
20
20.12
99.40
7
25
25.09
99.64
99.87
0.428
8
25
25.1
99.60
9
25
24.91
100.36

LimitofDetection&Quantification
Inthepresentstudy,theLODandLOQwerecalculated
accordingtothestandarddeviationoftheresponseandtheslope
ofthecalibrationcurvei.e.,3.3/Sand10/Scriterions,
respectively;whereisthestandarddeviationofyinterceptsof
regressionlinesandSistheslopeofthecalibrationcurve.The
lowestpossibleconcentrationofPyrimethaminethatcanbe
detectedandquantifiedbythepresentmethodwasfoundtobe
0.264g/mland0.800g/mlrespectivelyandthatof
Sulphadoxinewasfoundtobe0.53g/mland1.62g/ml
respectively.
Robustness
Robustnessoftheproposedmethodwasdeterminedby
varyingvariousparameters,the%RSDreportedwasfoundtobe
lessthan2%.Asthesystemsuitabilityparametersforthestandard
andtestchromatogramsofPyrimethamine&Sulphadoxinewere
withinlimitsforvariationinflowrate(0.1ml)andmobilephase
composition,theallowablevariationinflowrate,organicsolvent
ratioinmobilephasecompositionandcolumntemperatureshould
be10.1ml/min,652mland3050crespectively(shownintable
no7&8).
STRESSDEGRADATIONSTUDIES
StressdegradationstudieswereperformedaspertheICH
guidelinesQ1A(R2)StabilityTestingofNewDrugSubstances
andProducts,usingtheproposedvalidatedanalyticalmethodand
theresultswereshownintableno9&10.
y=70181x5618
R=0.999
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
0
5

10
15
20
25
30
35
y=24199x13401
R=0.997
0
2000000
4000000
6000000
8000000
10000000
12000000
14000000
16000000
18000000
20000000
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
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Aciddegradationstudies
To1mlofstocksolutionpyrimethamineand
sulphadoxine,1mlof2NHClwasaddedandrefluxedfor30minat
600c.Fromtheabovesolution10lwasinjectedintothesystem
andthechromatogramswererecordedtodetectthestabilityof
sample(figure4).
AlkaliDegradationStudies
To1mlofstocksolutionofofstandarddrugandsample
pyrimethamineandsulphadoxine,1mlof2NNaOHwasadded
andrefluxedfor30minat60C.Fromtheabovesolution10l
wasinjectedintothesystemandthechromatogramswererecorded
todetectthestabilityofsample(figure5).
Oxidation
To1mlofstocksolutionofstandarddrugandsampleof
pyrimethamineandsulphadoxine,1mlof20%H2O2wasaddedand
refluxedfor30minat600c.Fromtheabovesolution10lwas
injectedintothesystemandthechromatogramswererecordedto
detectthestabilityofsample(figure6).
PhotoStabilityStudies
Thephotochemicalstabilityofthedrugwasalsostudied
byexposingthe25g/mlsolutiontoUVLightbykeepingthe
beakerinUVChamberfor7daysor200Watthours/m 2inphoto
stabilitychamber..ForHPLCstudy,fromtheabovesolution10l
wasinjectedintothesystemandthechromatogramswererecorded
todetectthestabilityofsample(figure7).
PyrimethamineandSulphadoxineundergoesdegradation
inacidic,oxidation,alkaline,andUV.Moredegradationwas
foundforoxidation.AsperICHguidelinespeakpurityangle
shouldbelessthanpeakpuritythreshold.Hence,methodofthe
analysisofPYRandSULintabletdosageformshowsthatthe
degradationproductdoesntinterferewiththeanalytical
determination.Thestressdegradationstudiesshowedthatthedrug
formulationcontainingpyrimethamineandsulphadoxine
undergoesdegradationinacidic,oxidation,alkaline,andUV
(7.29%,15.01%,16.13%,7.88%,5.51%and12.92%,10.72%,
7.13%,13.32%,6.01%).hencetheproposedanalyticalmethodis
alsousefulforthedeterminationofpyrimethamineand
sulphadoxinestabilityinsampleofpharmaceuticaldosageform.
Table7:RobustnessofSulphadoxine.
Parameter
Variationinflow
VariationinMobilephase
Variationincolumntemp
flowrate
flowrate
Buffer:Acetonitrile(75:25)
Buffer:Acetonitrile(80:20)
3050
30+50
Stds
(0.9ml/mim)
(1.1ml/mim)
1
9709676
8894030
8990708
9020771
8962774
8921543
2
9721151
8862782
8982909
9025663
8965300
8925743
Mean
9715414
8878406
8986809
9023217
8965537
8922143
SD
8114.7
22095.7
5515
2044.6
3163.4
2262.4
%RSD
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Retentiontime
7.09
2.715
6.03
7.07
6.47
6.37
Tailingfactor
1.33
1.33
1.32
1.3
1.32
1.43
Theoreticalplates
5217
5082
5089
5306
5253
5346
Table8:RobustnessofPyrimethamine.
Parameter
Variationinflow
VariationinMobilephase
variationincolumntemp
flowrate
flowrate
Buffer:Acetonitrile(75:25)
Buffer:Acetonitrile(80:20)
3050
30+50
Stds
(0.9ml/mim)
(1.1ml/mim)
1
1588766
1485375
1435845
1539898
1454227
1434907
2
1603920
1484112
1425867
1549198
1480862
1440355
Mean
1596343
1484743
1430856
1544548
1467545
1437631
SD
10715
892.8
7055.5
6576.4
18833.7
3852.6
%RSD
0.7
0.1
0.4
0.4
1.3
0.3
Retentiontime
2.95
2.715
2.43
3.076
2.71
2.66
Tailingfactor
1.47
1.44
1.42
1.39
1.44
1.43
Theoreticalplates
3679
3665
3797
3824
3746
3981
Table9:ResultsofstressdegradationstudiesofSulphadoxine.
Sno
Stressconditions
Time
%Assay
%Degradation
1
AcidDegradation
30min
88.082
11.918
2
BaseDegradation
30min
87.281
12.719
3
PeroxideDegradation
30min
93.214
6.786
4
UVDegradation
7days
92.887
7.113
Table10:ResultsofstressdegradationstudiesofPyrimethamine.
Sno
Stressconditions
Time
%Assay
%Degradation
1
AcidDegradation

30min
92.713
7.287
2
BaseDegradation
30min
85.985
14.015
3
PeroxideDegradation
30min
82.798
17.202
4
UVDegradation
7days
93.502
6.498

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Fig.4:ChromatogramforSampleaciddegradation.
Fig.5:ChromatogramforSampleAlkalidegradation.
Fig.6:ChromatogramforSamplePeroxidedegradation.

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CONCLUSION
TheproposedHPLCmethodwasfoundtobesimple,
specific,precise,accurate,rapidandeconomicalforsimultaneous
estimationofpyrimethamine&sulphadoxineinbulkandtablet
dosageformandwasfoundtobesuitablefortheroutineanalysis
andqualitycontrolandpercentagedegradationofpharmaceutical
preparationscontainingthesedrugseitherindividuallyorin
combination.
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