Research Article

Determination of Propranolol Hydrochloride in Pharmaceutical Preparations Using Near Infrared Spectrometry with Fiber Optic Probe and Multivariate Calibration Methods

Table 2

Results obtained using siPLS algorithm for propranolol hydrochloride determination by FTNIR/PROBE.

ModelVNaIntervalLVbRMSECV (mg g−1)RMSEP (mg g−1)

PLS (MSC/M)6000all50.95518.418.6
s2i10PLS6003, 860.9789.78.7
s2i20PLS3005, 1640.9908.88.2
s2i30PLS2007, 1250.9848.310.8
s2i40PLS1509, 3240.9848.311.7
s3i10PLS6003, 7, 960.9799.613.7
s3i20PLS3005, 14, 1870.9838.711.5
s3i30PLS2007, 22, 2780.9838.512.0
s3i40PLS1509, 22, 3290.9867.914.5

VN: total variable numbers; bLV: latent variables.