Content uniformity (CU) is a parameter used to ensure the uniformity of the amount of active substances in pharmaceutical preparations. It is often evaluated in the quality control of pharmaceutical dosage forms, and a novel method was proposed for CU determination using thermal infrared enthalpimetry (TIE). Captopril tablets were dissolved in 24-well microplates and the heat released from the reaction of captopril and I2 was monitored with an infrared camera. Some experimental parameters were adjusted, as captopril/I2 ratio, stirring speed and dispensing rate, and the most suitable conditions were 1.00:1.00 (v/v), 250 rpm and 0.57 mL s-1, respectively. Interferences from tablet adjuvants (e.g., starch, cellulose and lactose) were not observed. The results obtained by TIE did not differ statistically (Student’s t-test, p > 0.05) from those from official method (UV spectrophotometry) described in pharmacopeia. The TIE method required 31 and 12 times less reagent and time, respectively. Therefore, the proposed method was suitable for routine analysis and agrees with the requirements of green analytical chemistry.

Um método para determinação simultânea de ácido clavulânico (CA) e amoxicilina (AMO) foi desenvolvido utilizando a técnica de espectroscopia no infravermelho médio com transformada de Fourier acoplada ao acessório de reflexão total atenuada (ATR/FTIR). Utilizaram-se 27 e 8 amostras para os conjuntos de calibração e previsão, respectivamente. Os modelos de calibração foram desenvolvidos utilizando os algoritmos por mínimos quadrados parciais (PLS), PLS por intervalo (iPLS), PLS por sinergismo (siPLS) e PLS por exclusão (biPLS). Os melhores modelos foram aqueles que utilizaram o algoritmo biPLS. Obtiveram-se erro padrão relativo de previsão (RSEP) de 3,8 e 5,1% para CA e AMO, respectivamente. Os resultados obtidos pela metodologia proposta foram comparados com os obtidos por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (HPLC) e nenhuma diferença significativa foi observada. O método proposto utilizando ATR/FTIR associado a métodos de análise multivariados foi satisfatório para determinação de CA e AMO em produtos farmacêuticos.

A method for simultaneous determination of clavulanic acid (CA) and amoxicillin (AMO) was developed using Fourier transform mid infrared technique coupled with attenuated total reflectance (ATR/FTIR) accessory. 27 samples were used as calibration set and 8 samples were used for prediction set. Calibration models were developed using partial least squares (PLS), interval PLS (iPLS), synergy PLS (siPLS) and backward PLS (biPLS). Multiplicative scatter correction and the mean centering were used and produced the best models. Relative standard error of prediction (RSEP) of 3.8% for CA and 5.1% for AMO were obtained using biPLS algorithm for ATR/FTIR data. Results obtained by the proposed methodology were compared with those using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and no significant differences were obtained. The proposed method using ATR/FTIR combined to multivariate analysis methods was suitable for the simultaneous determination of CA and AMO in commercial pharmaceutical products.

Doripenem was characterized through physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques, as well as thermal analysis. TLC (Rf = 0.62) and HPLC (rt = 7.4 min) were found to be adequate to identify the drug. UV and infrared spectra showed similar profile between doripenem bulk and standard. The ¹H and 13C NMR analysis revealed chemical shifts that allowed identifying the drug. Thermal analysis demonstrated three steps with mass loss, at 128, 178 and 276 ºC. The work was successfully applied to qualitative analysis of doripenem, showing the reported methods can be used for physicochemical characterization of doripenem