Research Article

Stability-Indicating High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatographic Method for Quantitative Estimation of Emtricitabine in Bulk Drug and Pharmaceutical Dosage Form

Table 3

Robustness testing ( 𝑛 = 6 ).

ParameterSD of peak areaaRSDa%

Mobile-phase composition ( ± 0 . 1  mL)1.340.24
Amount of mobile phase ( ± 5 %)2.190.49
Time from spotting to chromatography (+10 min.)1.290.18
Time from chromatography to scanning (+10 min.)1.120.09

aAverage of three concentrations 70, 90, 110 ng spot−1 for emtricitabine.