LC-MS/MS studies of ritonavir and its forced degradation products.

Forced degradation of ritonavir (RTV), under the conditions of hydrolysis (acidic, basic and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress as prescribed by ICH was studied using LC-MS/MS. Eight degradation products were formed and their separation was accomplished on Waters XTerra C(18) column (250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d., 5 microm) using water:methanol:acetonitrile as (40:20:40, v/v/v) mobile phase in an isocratic elution mode by LC. The method was extended to LC-MS/MS for characterization of the degradation products and the pathways of decomposition were proposed. No previous reports were found in the literature regarding the characterization of degradation products of ritonavir.

Rao RN ，Ramachandra B ，Vali RM ，Raju SS ... -  《-》

Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometric studies of indinavir sulphate and its forced degradation products.

Indinavir sulphate was subjected to forced degradation under hydrolysis (acidic, basic and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress as prescribed by ICH guidelines. It was degraded under acidic, basic, neutral and oxidative stress conditions, while it was stable under other conditions. After degradation total eight degradation products were formed. The degradation products were identified and their separation was accomplished on Waters XTerra(®) C(18) column (250 mm × 4.6mm i.d., 5 μm) using 20mM ammonium actate:acetonitrile as (50:50, v/v) mobile phase in an isocratic elution mode by LC. The method was extended to LC-MS/MS for characterization of the degradation products and the fragmentation pathways were proposed. The proposed structures of degradation products were also confirmed by HRMS studies. No previous reports were found in the literature regarding the characterization of degradation products of indinavir sulphate.

Rao RN ，Vali RM ，Raju SS 《-》

LC and LC-MS/MS study of forced decomposition behavior of anastrozole and establishment of validated stability-indicating analytical method for impurities estimation in low dose anastrozole tablets.

Reddy YR ，Nandan SR ，Bharathi DV ，Nagaraju B ，Reddy SS ，Ravindranath LK ，Rao VS ... -  《-》

Separation and characterization of forced degradation products of abacavir sulphate by LC-MS/MS.

Abacavir sulphate was subjected to forced degradation under the conditions of hydrolysis (acid, alkali and neutral), oxidation, photolysis and thermal stress as prescribed by ICH. Eight degradation products were formed and their separation was accomplished on Waters XTerra C₁₈ (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 μm) column using 20 mM ammonium acetate:acetonitrile as a mobile phase in gradient elution mode by LC. The degradation products were characterized by LC-MS/MS and its fragmentation pathways were proposed. No previous reports were found in the literature regarding the degradation behavior of abacavir sulphate.

Rao RN ，Vali RM ，Ramachandra B ，Raju SS ... -  《-》

LC-MS/MS structural characterization of stress degradation products including the development of a stability indicating assay of Darunavir: An anti-HIV drug.

Darunavir, an anti-HIV drug was subjected to forced degradation under acid, base, thermal and neutral hydrolysis, oxidation and photolysis as prescribed by ICH guidelines. Four major degradation products were formed under acid and base hydrolysis, while stable under neutral and thermal hydrolysis, oxidative and photolysis. The drug and its degradation products were separated on Hiber, LiChrospher® 60, RP-select B, C8 column (250mm×4.6mm i.d., 5μm) using 10mM ammonium acetate: acetonitrile (52:48, v/v) as mobile phase in an isocratic elution mode by LC. The degradation products were characterized by LC-MS/MS and fragmentation pathways were proposed. The proposed structures of degradation products were confirmed by HRMS and the LC method was validated with respect to specificity, linearity, accuracy, recovery, LOD and LOQ.

Rao RN ，Ramachandra B ，Sravan B ，Khalid S ... -  《-》