Avalidated chiral LC method for enantiomeric separation of Nebivolol stereoisomers in bulk drugs and dosage forms on amylose-based stationary phase

Abstract

A novel and reproducible isocratic normal phase liquid chromato-graphic method was developed for the quantitative determination of 10 stereoisomers of Nebivolol in pharmaceutical bulk drugs and dosage forms. The method was developed using an amylose-based chiral stationary phase, Chiralpak AD-3 (250 × 4.6 mm, 3 mm) column with mobile phase containing n-hexane-ethanol-isopropanol-diethanolamine in the ratio 42:45:13:0.1 (v/v/v/v). The eluted compounds were monitored at 280 nm. Ten stereoisomers of Nebivolol were well separated with resolution >2.0 for all pair of components. The developed method was validated as per International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines with respect to specificity, linearity (R2 value >0.999), limit of detection, limit of quantification, accuracy (recovery range 95.8-103.2%), precision (relative standard deviation, RSD, <2.5%) and robustness. Nebivolol sample solutions were found to be stable when characterized over a period of 48 h. Forced degradation studies were also performed to demonstrate the stability-indicating power of the developed HPLC method. The method was found to be rugged and robust.