Chromatographic purity
Mobile phase
Prepare a filtered and degassed mixture of water, acetonitrile, and methanol (700:285:15). Add 3.0 mL of glacial acetic acid per Liter of this solution. Mix thoroughly. Make adjustments if necessary (see
System Suitability under
Chromatography
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Diluting solution
Prepare a mixture of water, acetonitrile, tetrahydrofuran, and glacial acetic acid (500:250:250:1). Mix thoroughly.
Standard solution
Dissolve an accurately weighed quantity of
USP Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate RS in
Diluting solution, and dilute quantitatively, and stepwise if necessary, with
Diluting solution to obtain a solution having a known concentration of about 6.6 µg per mL.
Test solution
Transfer about 6.6 mg of Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate, accurately weighed, to a 10-mL volumetric flask, dissolve in and dilute with
Diluting solution to volume, and mix.
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Chromatographic system
(see
Chromatography
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)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 254-nm detector and a 4.6-mm × 15-cm column that contains packing L1. The flow rate is about 0.8 mL per minute. Chromatograph the
Standard solution, and record the peak responses as directed for
Procedure: the column efficiency is not less than 5000 theoretical plates; and the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 5.0%.
Procedure
Inject a volume (about 15 µL) of the
Test solution into the chromatograph, record the chromatogram, and measure the peak responses. Calculate the percentage of each impurity in the portion of Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate taken by the formula:
100(ri / rs),
in which
ri is the peak response for each impurity; and
rs is the sum of the responses of all the peaks: not more than 1.0% of any individual impurity is found; and not more than 2.0% of total impurities is found. Disregard any peak representing less than 0.05%.
Assay
Internal standard solution
Prepare a solution of
USP Fluorometholone RS in tetrahydrofuran containing about 3 mg per mL.
Mobile phase
Prepare a filtered mixture of butyl chloride, water-saturated butyl chloride, tetrahydrofuran, methanol, and glacial acetic acid (95:95:14:7:6). Make adjustments if necessary (see
System Suitability under
Chromatography
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Standard preparation
Transfer an accurately weighed amount of
USP Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate RS to a suitable container to obtain a solution containing 0.6 mg per mL. Add an accurately measured volume of
Internal standard solution so that the
Standard preparation contains 10%
Internal standard solution. Dilute with chloroform containing 3% glacial acetic acid to volume.
Assay preparation
Transfer about 30 mg of Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate, accurately weighed, to a 50-mL volumetric flask, add 5.0 mL of Internal standard solution, and dilute with chloroform containing 3% glacial acetic acid to volume.
Chromatographic system
(see
Chromatography
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)The liquid chromatograph is equipped with a 254-nm detector and a 3.9-mm × 30-cm column that contains packing L3. The flow rate is about 1.0 mL per minute. Chromatograph the
Standard preparation, and record the peak responses as directed for
Procedure: the resolution,
R, between hydrocortisone hemisuccinate and the internal standard is not less than 2.0; and the relative standard deviation for replicate injections is not more than 2.0%.
Procedure
Separately inject equal volumes (about 6 µL) of the
Standard preparation and the
Assay preparation into the chromatograph, record the chromatograms, and measure the responses for the major peaks. Calculate the quantity, in mg, of C
25H
34O
8 in the portion of Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate taken by the formula:
50C(RU / RS),
in which
C is the concentration, in mg per mL, of
USP Hydrocortisone Hemisuccinate RS in the
Standard preparation; and
RU and
RS are the peak area ratios of hydrocortisone hemisuccinate to the internal standard obtained from the
Assay preparation and the
Standard preparation, respectively.