Simultaneous Determination of Amlodipine with H₁-Receptor Antagonists by Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Application to Interaction Studies

Muhammad Saeed Arayne, Najma Sultana, Saima Sher Bahadur, Muhammad Nawaz

Department of Chemistry, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE.
Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

DOI: 10.4236/ajac.2012.39082                

Abstract

A rapid, fast and precise method has been developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of amlodipine with H₁-receptor antagonists (cetirizine, fexofenadine, and buclizine) from dosage forms. The chromatography was performed on a Purospher^? Star, C₁₈ (5 mm, 250 × 4.6 mm) column using acetonitrile: buffer (0.01 mM) (40:60, v/v, pH adjusted to 3.0), as a mobile phase. The mobile phase was pumped at a flow rate of 1.0 mL·min^-1 and UV detection was performed at 240 nm. The method was validated for linearity, accuracy, precision and specificity. The method was applied to study the interaction between amlodipine and H₁-receptor antagonists. These interactions were carried out in simulated gastric juice (pH 1), simulated full stomach (pH 4), blood pH (pH 7.4) and simulating GI (pH 9). The interacting drugs were heated at 37℃ with intermit-tent shaking and the samples were withdrawn every thirty minutes for three hours and drug contents were analyzed by RP-HPLC techniques. In most cases the in vitro availability of amlodipine was decreased. It was observed that the change in in vitro availability was pH dependent.

Keywords

Amlodipine; Cetirizine; Fexofenadine; Buclizine; Interactions; Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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