Research Article

Validation of a Thin-Layer Chromatography for the Determination of Hydrocortisone Acetate and Lidocaine in a Pharmaceutical Preparation

Table 2

Validation of the method. Data for the quantitative determination of hydrocortisone acetate and lidocaine hydrochloride by NP-TLC with densitometrya.

Method characteristicResults
Hydrocortisone acetate
Results
Lidocaine hydrochloride

SpecificitySpecificSpecific
 Range g·spot−1
Linearity g·spot−1 = 8721.6 (±245.4) + 1990.6 (±30.0)  · 
= 7; = 0.9994; = 221.7; = 4391.5; < 0.0001
= 1722.4 (±52.9) + 3075.5 (±30.4)  · 
= 6; = 0.9998; = 36.7; = 10223; < 0.0001
Accuracy
 for 50% standard solutions added ( ) = 97.6% CV = 2.60%  = 97.6% CV = 2.12%
 for 100% standard solutions added ( ) = 99.0% CV = 1.62%  = 97.0% CV = 1.44%
 for 150% standard solutions added ( ) = 98.0% CV = 2.53% = 99.3% CV = 1.85%
Detection limit (LOD) g·spot−1 0.0660.090
Quantification limit (LOQ) g·spot−1 0.1980.270
Precision (CV % )
 for 10.0 hydrocortisone acetate and 2.0 lidocaine hydrochloride g·spot−1 ( )0.93%1.01%
 for 7.5 hydrocortisone acetate and lidocaine hydrochloride 1.5  g·spot−1 ( )0.92%1.69%
 for 5.0 hydrocortisone acetate and 1.0 lidocaine hydrochloride g·spot−1 ( )1.32%0.97%
Robustness (CV % )RobustRobust

: peak area AU ; : amount of analyzed drug g·spot−1 ; : correlation coefficient; : recovery % ; CV: coefficient of variation % .