RP-HPLC METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF LINAGLIPTIN AND EMPAGLIFLOZIN

A simple, accurate and precise RP-HPLC method was developed for the simultaneous estimation of the linagliptin and empagliflozin in tablet dosage form. Chromatogram was run through Kromasil 250 x 4.6 mM, 5mM column, mobile phase containing 0.1% o-phosphoric acid buffer and acetonitrile in the ratio of 60:40%v/v was pumped through column at a flow rate of 1 mL/min. The optimized wavelength was 230 nm. Retention times of linagliptin and empagliflozin were found to be 2.759 min and 2.139 min. %RSD of the Linagliptin and Empagliflozin were found to be 0.5 and 0.6 respectively. Percentage assay was obtained as 99.91% and 100.15% for linagliptin and empagliflozin, respectively. LOD, LOQ values obtained for linagliptin and empagliflozin were 0.23 μg/ml and 0.44 μg/mL and 0.70 μg/mL and 1.34 μg/mL, respectively. Thus, the current study showed that the developed RP-HPLC method is sensitive and selective for the estimation of linagliptin and empagliflozin in combined dosage form.