An effective and sensitive stability-indicating chromatographic approach based on HPLC for silodosin assay

Abstract

Background: A stability-indicating reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method with a high sensitivity was developed for the determination of silodosin (SIL) in the presence of hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) as an internal standard. Methods: Chromatographic separation of SIL and IS were successfully achieved on an Agilent ZORBAX CN column with an isocratic mobile phase composed of a mixture of methanol:acetonitrile:ammonium acetate (pH 4.0; 0.015 M) (40:30:30, v/v/v) at a flow rate of 1.3 mL min−1. The drugs were quantified using a photodiode array detector set at a wavelength of 270 nm. The reversed-phase HPLC method has been validated as per International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use guidelines to determine SIL in pharmaceutical dosage form. Results: The proposed method showed a good linearity in the concentration range of 4.0–600.0 μM with a lower detection limit of 85.0 nM under optimized conditions. The statistical performance of the fully validated HPLC method was compared to our developed sensitive spectrofluorimetric method, and the performance results of the proposed HPLC method were considerably satisfactory. The validated method was successfully applied to quantify the SIL in capsules, and the corresponding recovery value was found to be 99.5 %. Conclusions: The validated HPLC method may be a promising alternative analytical tool for routine analysis of SIL in pharmaceutical samples.