Determination of Amlodipine in Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms by Liquid Chromatography and Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry
Abstract A liquid chromatography (LC) method and an ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometricmethod were developed and validated for quantitative determination of amlodipine in tablets and compounded capsules. The isocratic LC analyses were performed on an RP18 column using a mobile phase composed of 0.1 (v/v) ortho-phosphoric acid (pH 3.0) acetonitrile (60 40, v/v) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The UV spectrophotometricmethodwas performed at 238 nm. The analytical methodswere validated according to International Conference on Harmonization Guidelines. The calibration graphswere linear correlation coefficient (r) > 0.999 in the studied concentration range of 1030 g/mL for LC and 1035 g/mL for UV spectrophotometry. The relative standard deviation values for intraday and interday precision studies were less than 2, and the accuracywas greater than 98 for bothmethods. The specificity of the LC method was proved using forced degradation. Statistical analyses showed no significant difference between the results obtained by the 2 methods. The proposed methods are precise and accurate and can be applied directly and easily to the oral pharmaceutical preparations of amlodipine.