| Abstrakt: |
A commercial sample of dexamethasone sodium phosphate solution for injection was found to contain 56% of the label concentration and to be extensively contaminated (∼50%) with a white insoluble solid, which was identified as a mixture of the 16α- and 16β-methyl epimers of 9-fluoro-11β-hydroxy-16-methylandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to separate, identify, and quantitate these epimers and to determine their presence in commercial samples. One epimer was identified by HPLC comparison with a synthesized specimen of 9-fluoro-11β-hydroxy-16α-methylan-drosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione. The second peak was identified as the 16β-epimer by epimerization of the synthesized α-component with alkali to obtain a product whose chromatogram matched that of the impurity. These conclusions are supported by data obtained by IR and UV spectrophotometry, TLC, and the blue tetrazolium test. |
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