Research Article

High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Determination of Meloxicam and Piroxicam with Ultraviolet Detection

Table 1

Intra-assay accuracy, precision, and assay linearity for meloxicam in plasma.

Intra-assay variability
Concentration added (ng/mL)Concentration measured (ng/mL) bearded dragon (mean ± SD)RSD (%)Concentration measured (ng/mL) pig (mean ± S.D.)RSD (%)

1515 ± 0.714.615 ± 0.211.4
750708 ± 284.0757 ± 699.1
12501156 ± 464.01149 ± 2.80.25
30002982 ± 1555.12990 ± 1605.3
75007528 ± 75810.07300 ± 6809.3

Assay linearity
Mean ± SDRSD (%)Mean ± SDRSD (%)

-intercept 0.0037 ± 0.000411.30.0033 ± 0.00039.1
Slope0.0020 ± 0.000212.30.0021 ± 0.00029.5
0.995 ± 0.00280.280.994 ± 0.00380.38

SD: standard deviation; : number of samples; RSD: relative standard deviation.