Development and validation of UV spectrophotometric method for determination of bisoprolol fumarate in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms

Abstract

In this study a simple, accurate and precise UV- spectrophotometric method was developed for the estimation of bisoprolol fumarate (BF) in bulk and tablet dosage form. The method was based on measurement of absorbance of BF aqueous solution at 271nm. Validation was conducted in accordance to ICH guidelines. The calibration curve was linear in the concentration range 5-25 μg/mL with correlation coefficient not less than 0.9986. The limit of detection and limit of quantification were 0.22 μg/ml and 0.66 μg/ml, respectively. Intraday and intermediate precision of the developed method were reflected by the low RSD% values (1.19 and 0.854, respectively). The recovery percentage was 105.0 ± 1.3%, n=3. The proposed method was applied for the assay of BF in three different brands.