Packaging and storage
Preserve in pressurized containers, and avoid exposure to excessive heat.
USP Reference standards 11
USP Bacitracin Zinc RS.
USP Polymyxin B Sulfate RS.
NOTEPrepare the specimen for the following tests and assays as follows. Maintain the container in the inverted position throughout this procedure. Store the container in a freezer at
70
for 16 to 24 hours. Remove the container from the freezer, promptly puncture the container, and allow the propellant to volatilize. Open the container, and mix the contents.
Thin-layer chromatographic identification test 201BNP
A portion of the contents of 1 container prepared as directed above and tested as directed for
Creams, Lotions, and Ointments meets the requirements.
Water, Method I 921:
not more than 0.5%, an accurately weighed portion of the contents of 1 container, prepared as directed above, being used, and 20 mL of a mixture of toluene and methanol (7:3) being used in place of methanol in the titration vessel.
Assay for bacitracin
Proceed as directed for bacitracin under
AntibioticsMicrobial Assays 81, using an accurately weighed portion of the contents of 1 container, prepared as directed above, equivalent to about 500 USP Bacitracin Units. Transfer to a suitable separator containing about 50 mL of ether, and extract with three 25-mL portions of
Buffer No. 1. Combine the buffer extracts in a 100-mL volumetric flask, dilute with
Buffer No. 1 to volume, and mix. Add sufficient 0.01 N hydrochloric acid to an accurately measured volume of this solution so that the amount of hydrochloric acid in the
Test Dilution will be the same as in the median dose level of the Standard, and quantitatively dilute with
Buffer No. 1 to obtain a
Test Dilution having a bacitracin concentration assumed to be equal to the median dose level of the Standard.
Assay for polymyxin B
Proceed as directed for polymyxin B under
AntibioticsMicrobial Assays 81 Transfer an accurately weighed portion of the contents of 1 container, prepared as directed above, equivalent to about 5000 USP Polymyxin B Units, to a suitable separator containing about 50 mL of ether, and extract with three 25-mL portions of
Buffer No. 6. Combine the buffer extracts in a 100-mL volumetric flask, dilute with
Buffer No. 6 to volume, and mix. Dilute an accurately measured volume of this solution, quantitatively and stepwise, with
Buffer No. 6 to obtain a
Test Dilution having a concentration of polymyxin B assumed to be equal to the median dose level of the Standard.
Auxiliary Information
Staff Liaison :
Brian D. Gilbert, Ph.D., Scientist
Expert Committee : (MDANT05) Monograph Development-Antibiotics
USP29NF24 Page 234
Pharmacopeial Forum : Volume No. 28(4) Page 1070
Phone Number : 1-301-816-8223