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 3

Results of repeatability and intermediate precision.

Number of sample solutionsSample weight (mg)Paracetamol weight (mg, purity: 99.7%)Calculated R value (%)Mass content of sildenafil in tablet (%, m/m)

Day 1, analyst 1
1268.1599.2851.0238.4
2268.3899.2550.9738.3
3266.2599.0650.9338.5
4268.9299.3351.0238.4
5263.55100.2949.7237.5
6267.3299.7450.3837.8
Average (1–6)38.2
RSD (%) (1–6)1.1

Day 2, analyst 2
7268.12100.5650.2637.8
8266.32100.3250.3038.0
9269.15100.3850.3637.7
10268.06100.6650.6938.5
11264.35101.4349.3737.3
12265.43100.2750.9039.0
Average (1–12)38.1
RSD (%) (1–12)1.6

Results obtained on day 1 by analyst 1 (sample numbers 1–6) were used for evaluating repeatability and those obtained on day 1 and day 2 (sample numbers 1–12) were used together for evaluating intermediate precision.