Research Article

Comparative Liquid Chromatographic Study for Concurrent Determination of Canagliflozin and Metformin in Combined Tablets

Table 1

Comparison between different LC-UV reported methods and the proposed methods for simultaneous determination of CANA and MET.

MethodsColumnMobile phaseRun time (min)Sensitivity

Reported method [7]C18 column
(250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm)
At ambient temperature
Ammonium acetate : acetonitrile
(pH 3.5) (65 : 35, v/v)
8 minCANA (5–30 μg·mL−1)
MET (50–300 μg·mL−1)

Reported method [8]C18 column
(250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm)
At Temperature at 30°C
Phosphate buffer : acetonitrile
(pH 4.5) (65 : 35, v/v)
4 minCANA (5–30 μg·mL−1)
MET (50–300 μg·mL−1)

Reported method [9]ODS column
(250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5µm)
At Temperature at 30°C
Phosphate buffer : acetonitrile : methanol (pH 4.5) (40 : 40 : 20, v/v)7 minCANA (5–30 μg·mL−1)
MET (50–300 μg·mL−1)

Proposed method (A)C18 column
(100 mm × 2.1 mm, 3 μm)
At ambient temperature
Methanol : phosphate buffer
(pH 3.2) (75 : 25, v/v)
1.1 minCANA (1–50 μg·mL−1)
MET (0.5–100 μg·mL−1)

Proposed method (B)Hypersil gold
(50 mm × 2.1 mm, 1.9 μm)
At ambient temperature
Methanol : phosphate buffer
(pH 3.5) (80 : 20 v/v)
1 minCANA (0.1–50 μg·mL−1)
MET (0.25–100 μg·mL−1)