Research Article

Development and Validation of a Simple, Green Infrared Spectroscopic Method for Quantitation of Sildenafil Citrate in Siloflam Tablets of Unknown Manufacturing Formula

Table 2

Results of accuracy.

Recovery study levelReplicateQuantity Siloflam tablet powder (containing 37.94% sildenafil citrate) (mg)Quantity of paracetamol (purity 99.7%) (mg)Found R value of mixture (%)Sildenafil citrate recovery (mg)Recovery rate (%)Mean recovery, RSD (%)

1
(R value about 35%)
1180.46131.0734.4168.54100.1100.1
2180.35131.5234.0667.7499.0
3180.53131.6433.8667.1898.1
4184.16129.6235.4470.95101.6
5181.18130.1334.9369.63101.3
6182.42130.2134.9069.58100.51.3

2
(R value about 50%)
1268.1599.2851.02103.10101.3100.6
2268.3899.2550.97102.86101.0
3266.2599.0650.93102.51101.5
4268.9299.3351.02103.16101.1
5263.55100.2949.7298.8998.9
6267.3299.7450.38100.9699.51.1

3
(R value about 65%)
1335.6971.6864.15127.88100.499.8
2334.6271.2263.77124.9698.4
3339.2569.4365.45131.14101.9
4337.4771.5164.00126.7799.0
5334.1871.5663.87126.1099.5
6335.2271.8963.86126.6499.61.2