Research Article

Development of Simultaneous Derivative Spectrophotometric and HPLC Methods for Determination of 17-Beta-Estradiol and Drospirenone in Combined Dosage Form

Table 3

Recovery of ESR and DRS determined by the proposed methods ().

MethodConcentration (µg mL−1)Recovery (%)RSD (%)
Taken Added Found ± SD

Derivative spectrophotometric method
 ESR10.31.36 ± 0.07104.625.44
1.52.59 ± 0.06 103.602.24
33.67 ± 0.06 91.751.72
 DRS20.32.30 ± 0.02100.000.70
1.53.45 ± 0.16 98.574.55
34.82 ± 0.17 96.403.52
HPLC method
 ESR0.50.30.79 ± 0.06 98.757.72
1.51.99 ± 0.04 99.501.96
33.73 ± 0.05106.571.23
 DRS10.21.12 ± 0.03 93.332.77
0.71.63 ± 0.03 95.881.96
11.93 ± 0.02 96.501.03